Territory and Regulation of Industry: Examples from Scotland and Aquitaine
SMITH, Andy
Science Politique Relations Internationales Territoire [SPIRIT]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
Science Politique Relations Internationales Territoire [SPIRIT]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
SMITH, Andy
Science Politique Relations Internationales Territoire [SPIRIT]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
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Science Politique Relations Internationales Territoire [SPIRIT]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Regional and Federal Studies. 2008-02-07, vol. 18, n° 1, p. 37-53
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
English Abstract
Contemporary territorial politics is examined here through its impact upon the regulation of four industries in two European ‘regions’: Scotland (whisky and beef) and Aquitaine (wine and foie gras). Whereas Scottish actors ...Read more >
Contemporary territorial politics is examined here through its impact upon the regulation of four industries in two European ‘regions’: Scotland (whisky and beef) and Aquitaine (wine and foie gras). Whereas Scottish actors have engaged assertively and consistently in these processes, their Aquitain counterparts have intervened more defensively and inconsistently. Explanations in terms of economic structure, culture and formal regional-type are rejected. Instead a resolutely institutionalist approach to the actors involved is employed to capture how evolving territorial politics interplays with actor framings of two phenomena—identity and polity—and their instrumentalization of both when influencing the regulation of their respective industries.Read less <
English Keywords
Territory
Regulation
Industry
Scotland
Aquitaine
France
Origin
Hal imported