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Tailored polities in the shadow of the state's hierarchy. The CLLD implementation and a future research agenda.
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European Planning Studies . Apr2019, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p678-698. 21p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The paper provides a theoretical contribution to the multi-level governance debate, discussing the role of the policy instruments in tailoring polities for local development strategies. To this purpose, it examines the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD), a policy tool of the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020, which has generated more than 3000 local initiatives across the EU. An institutionalist perspective enables a reflection on the multi-level normative dimensions of these local initiatives. A combination of the post-functionalist governance theory, the soft space debate, state-theory and strategic-relational approach provides an interpretative framework to be deployed for a dedicated research agenda. The interpretative challenge is about whether the CLLD enables spatial-temporal fixes in which a deliberative polity pursues a spatial imaginary for an ad-hoc territory. The consequent analytical dimensions can be found in (a) the relationship between attendant ad-hoc polity, policy agenda, territorial design and societal processes; and (b) the meta-governance dimensions that locate the bottom-up constituency of this institutional technology in the shadow of state's hierarchy. An overview of the CLLD implementation across the EU provides evidence on the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COMMUNITY development
*GOVERNMENT policy
*POLITICAL science
*HUMAN geography
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09654313
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Planning Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134673015
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1569595