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    So Close, But So Far? The Davies Commission and the Contested Politics of UK Airport Expansion

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    Griggs Howarth So Close So Far Davies Commission and UK Aviation Politics Political Quarterly 2018.pdf (262.1Kb)
    Date
    2018-06-15
    Author
    Griggs, Steven;
    Howarth, David
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    Abstract
    Aviation expansion and the construction of a third runway at Heathrow airport is firmly back on the political agenda. Yet, the stark fact remains that a growing list of British governments has been unable to engineer a partial or temporary policy settlement in aviation. Exploring the challenges of reaching such a settlement, this article characterises the shifting and contested political and policy contexts of UK aviation. It begins by exploring the ‘wicked issue’ of aviation expansion before foregrounding how the politics of air travel is riven by competing policy frames, fragmented governance and the absence of gatekeepers. It argues that the Davies Commission and its efforts to remove aviation from the domain of partisan politics provided little more than a temporary respite for government. It thus concludes by questioning whether the May government’s expansion proposals will succeed this time around, outlining how the contributions in this collection address the themes and issues of this overriding policy puzzle.
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    The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link. Open access article
    Citation : Griggs, S. and Howarth, D. (2018) So Close, But So Far? The Davies Commission and the Contested Politics of UK Airport Expansion, Political Quarterly, 89 (3), pp. 427-433
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/16320
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12519
    ISSN : 0032-3179
    Research Group : Local Governance Research Centre (LGRC)
    Research Institute : Local Governance Research Centre (LGRC)
    Research Institute : Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA)
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
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