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A Critical Review of the UK's Regional Development Policies in the Post-Brexit Era and its Implication

포스트 브렉시트 시대의 영국 지역발전정책에 대한 비판적 검토와 함의

  • Jeon, Bong-Kyung (National Territorial Planning & Regional Research Division, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements)
  • 전봉경 (국토연구원 국토계획.지역연구본부)
  • Received : 2021.11.17
  • Accepted : 2021.12.23
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the long-standing regional disparities and social division in the UK which are considered one of the crucial facts of Brexit. Since Brexit, also, the changed regional development policies are reviewed. Regarding policy perspective, we delve into the process of the UK government's strategic policy choices, such as privatisation of public enterprises and financial reform, amid the neoliberal globalisation in the late 1970s, drawing its implication to us having similar problems. Besides, the UK's self-sustaining regional development fund, policy, and changed governance are dissected with several ongoing debates. Finally, this study asserts the necessity of the social consensus of regional disparity policies and the establishment of the spatial environment particularly in regions left behind, giving the quality and equity of life.

본 논문은 브렉시트의 동인 중 하나로 여겨지는 영국의 오랜 지역 격차와 사회분열에 대해 살펴보고, 브렉시트 이후 변화된 영국의 지역발전정책 현황 등을 검토하는 데 그 목적을 둔다. 1970년대 후반 신자유주의적 세계화 속에 영국 정부의 공기업 민영화와 금융개혁 등과 같은 전략적 정책 선택이 지역 격차에 미치는 과정을 고찰함으로써, 현재 영국과 비슷한 수도권 과밀화, 지역 격차, 분권화 등의 문제를 안고 있는 우리에게 주는 정책적 시사점을 알아본다. 또한, 유럽연합 탈퇴 이후 영국의 자구적 지역발전기금, 지역발전정책, 그리고 거버넌스 변화 등을 살피고 주요 논쟁들에 대해 정리하였다. 마지막으로 본 연구는 지역 간 격차가 심화하는 한국 사회에 영국 사례가 주는 교훈을 바탕으로 사회적 합의를 통한 지역 격차 완화 정책의 당위성 제시와 수도권과 비교하여 비수도권 지역의 공정한 공간환경을 위한 정책 수립 필요성을 제시하였다.

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