This paper draws upon territorial and relational approaches as well as work on the economics and politics of devolution to argue that a geographically sensitive political economy of the lsquo;qualitative state' can interpret the roles, structures, strategies and practices of states in attempting...

Pike A. (2002) Post-devolution blues? Economic development in the Anglo-Scottish Borders, Reg. Studies 36, 1069-1084. Uneven regional development on each side of the Anglo-Scottish Border has underpinned a 'post-devolution blues' in North East England. The situation has been compounded by the...