Chapter
List of tables and figures
New Labour and the English Question
The structure of this book
2. Regional government in England: reviewing the evidence base
Regions and the ‘New Regionalism’
The rationale for regional government
What might regions look like?
What would regional government do?
Implementing regional government
3. New Labour and the evolution of regionalism in England
Institutions of regional governance
4. Yorkshire (and the Humber)
The main social and economic challenges facing Yorkshire: the competitive disadvantage of the region
An evaluation of the new institutions – the response of key stakeholders
Yorkshire Forward (YF): Yorkshire and the Humber RDA
The Regional Assembly for Yorkshire and Humberside
The Regional Chamber for Yorkshire and Humberside
The Campaign for Yorkshire
The main controversies: the emergence of distinctive regional policy issues
The response of social and political interests in the regions to the prospect of elected regional government
What evidence is there of genuine civic interest in the newr egionalism?
5. Institutional collaboration in the West Midlands region
West Midlands regional socio-economic context
The legacy of regional working
New Labour’s regional agenda: continuity and change
The politics of regionalism
Achievements and prospects
Introduction – a fragmented region?
Main social and economic challenges facing the region
How have the new regional institutions settled in each region?
Meeting the challenges in the North West
The prospects for elected regional government, and civic interest in regionalism?
The response in the main regional strategies
Next steps – the main issues to be addressed
Attitudes towards elected regional government
8. Regionalism in the East of England
The East of England and recent institution building
Geographical boundaries and regional identity
Political and administrative regionalism: government and governance
9. The South East region?
The social and economic challenges of the South East
The new regional institutions
The response of social and political interests
10. Regionalism in North East England
The main social and economic challenges facing the region
The role of regional strategies
The new institutional arrangements in the North East
11. Regional strategy development in the East Midlands
Institution building and liaison
Strategy and strategic plans in the East Midlands
Strategy development and liaison with partners
12. The problem of regional governance
Joining up: governance failure in the English regions?
The pattern of regional governance
Regionalisation in practice: the case of cultural policy
The problem of regional governance
13. Elected regional government: the issues
What would regional government do?
Getting from here to there
14. Barnett plus needs: the regional spending challenge in Britain
Pre-Barnett spending distribution
The need for a needs assessment
15. Conclusion: prospects for regionalism
Towards regional assemblies?
The shape of things to come?
England
：The state of the regions
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