Geographies and politics of localism: The localism of the United Kingdom's coalition government |
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| Institution: | 1. Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK;2. Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK;1. University of Helsinki Department of Geosciences and Geography Spatial Policy, Politics, and Planning Research Group, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3), 00014, Helsinki, Finland;2. Academy of Finland RELATE Centre of Excellence in Research in the Relational and Territorial Politics of Bordering, Identities and Transnationalisation, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3), 00014, Helsinki, Finland;3. Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3), 00014, Helsinki, Finland;1. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 195 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;2. School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Baldwin Spencer Building, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia;1. Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9L 0G2, Canada;2. Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;3. Department of Geography, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada |
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| Abstract: | There has always been a localist element to British politics. But recently, a particular version of localism has been moved to the foreground by the 2011 Localism Act. This paper identifies various uses and meanings of localism, maps their geographical assumptions and effects, and critiques their politics. It does this using the localism of the United Kingdom's Coalition Government as a case study of localism in practice. The rationalities, mentalities, programmes, and technologies of this localism are established from Ministerial speeches and press releases, along with Parliamentary Acts, Bills, White Papers, Green Papers, and Statements – all published between May 2010 when the Coalition Government was formed, and November 2011 when the Localism Act became law. We argue that localism may be conceptualised as spatial liberalism, is never straightforwardly local, and can be anti-political. |
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| Keywords: | Localism British politics Spatial liberalism Anti-politics |
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