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Z.H. Rubinstein and Molly Picon performing for Maxwell House radio show, December 6, 1938
Radio program broadcast on WMCA, New York City.Digital imag
Molly Picon performing for Maxwell House radio show, December 6, 1938
Radio program broadcast on WMCA, New York City. Photo credit: Newspictures, Inc., New York City.Digital imag
Institutional context and placeâbased policy: The case of Coventry & Warwickshire
A key problem of downscaling or transferring policies across regions is embedding these policies into a place for them to unleash the full potential of regional economies. This paper elaborates on the analytical framework of âinstitutional contextâ to bridge the gap between rich theorizations and poor empirical capture of institutions in studies of regional development. The institutional context is constituted by three pillarsâregulations, organizations, and institutionsâas well as by the interrelations between these pillars. Applied to the British region of Coventry and Warwickshire, a qualitative analysis of expert interviews finds institutional patterns of short-termism, moderate levels of social capital and an embryonic relational infrastructure to constrain the place-based strategy for industrial diversification. This regional case illustrates the more general challenge for regional policy in the UK of devising place-based strategies under conditions of continuous rescaling of regional governance and the implementation of a new National Industrial Strategy. In conclusion, the analysis suggests a shift from ânodalâ to âlinkingâ policies that support cross-network connections and help grow a regional field for collective action to cross-fertilize knowledge and foster innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging industries
The Institutional Case for Partisan Gerrymandering Claims
For voters hoping the Supreme Courtâs 2017 Term brings relief from partisan gerrymandering, the end of the 2016 Term was inauspicious. In Cooper v. Harris, the majority assumed the legitimacy of âpartisan advantageâ arguments while the dissentâincluding Justice Kennedyâwarned about the âserious institutional and federalism implicationsâ of judicial intervention in the redistricting process. If past is prologue, this concern for institutional and structural interests does not bode well