TY - JOUR
T1 - Regionalism and employer groups in Spain, Italy, and the UK
AU - Medina, Iván
AU - Molins, Joaquim M.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - © 2014 Regional Studies Association. This article presents empirical findings on 27 regional business associations in Spain, Italy, and the UK. We focus on three issues: opinions towards the regions, internal devolution, and business representation. The article draws theoretically upon studies in the fields of industrial sociology, political science, and economic geography. All three disciplines have documented a certain regionalisation of state-wide (or peak national) business associations, and attest that the regions can generate genuine practices of interest formation and interest intermediation. This article confirms the emergence of business associations in almost all of the regions, although there are considerable variations in their preferences, their organisational models, and the way they participate in the political process.
AB - © 2014 Regional Studies Association. This article presents empirical findings on 27 regional business associations in Spain, Italy, and the UK. We focus on three issues: opinions towards the regions, internal devolution, and business representation. The article draws theoretically upon studies in the fields of industrial sociology, political science, and economic geography. All three disciplines have documented a certain regionalisation of state-wide (or peak national) business associations, and attest that the regions can generate genuine practices of interest formation and interest intermediation. This article confirms the emergence of business associations in almost all of the regions, although there are considerable variations in their preferences, their organisational models, and the way they participate in the political process.
KW - Business associations
KW - Italy
KW - New regionalism
KW - Spain
KW - UK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2014.954602
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2014.954602
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 270
EP - 286
JO - Territory, Politics, Governance
JF - Territory, Politics, Governance
SN - 2162-2671
ER -