| Ch. 1 |   | The death and life of English regions |   | 1 | 
| Ch. 2 |   | The roots of the English regions |   | 13 | 
| Ch. 3 |   | Institutional developments in the English regions |   | 37 | 
| Ch. 4 |   | The rise of governance in the English regions |   | 69 | 
| Ch. 5 |   | New Labour and regionalisation : chalk and cheese or slow new dawn? |   | 94 | 
| Ch. 6 |   | Devolution is a process not a policy : the three pillars of English regional governance |   | 121 | 
| Ch. 7 |   | Strategic co-ordination : hidden hand or talking shop? |   | 144 | 
| Ch. 8 |   | Regional scrutiny : accountability in network governance |   | 164 | 
| Ch. 9 |   | Civic engagement in the English regions |   | 184 | 
| Ch. 10 |   | The ninth, or first, English region? : new governance and democratic politics in London |   | 207 | 
|   |   | Conclusion : network governance and the Westminster state |   | 230 |