The Territorialisation of Interest Representation

Abstract

The spatial rescaling of the economy, society and politics, together with the emergence of new tiers of government at the local, regional and metropolitan levels, have posed challenges to the organization and operation of interest groups. At one time, scholars talked of ‘regions without regionalism’ and the ‘paradox of the regions’, since governmental rescaling did not seem to be matched by a rescaling of interest representation and of policy communities. Now there is evidence that these are rescaling but in complex ways. We are looking for papers that address the balance among sector, class and territory in the organization and priorities of organized interests; the strategies of territorialized interest groups; the emergence of policy communities at new spatial scales; new forms of conflict and competition at new spatial levels; the extent of territorial social dialogue and social partnership; and new modes of policy making at the sub-state level. The scope of the panel includes urban politics, regional politics and cross-border studies.

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