The political dynamics of place-based missions: navigating ideology, parties and coalition-building
通过苏格兰和威尔士的免费校餐案例，研究地方性使命如何受意识形态、政党联盟和选举影响，对关注创新政策地理与政治的研究者有用。
Mission-oriented innovation policy is often framed in aspatial terms, with limited attention to the politics of place. This paper examines how place-based missions are constituted through the case of universal free school meals in Scotland and Wales. We show that ideological traditions become entangled across socio-economic and territorial dimensions, that political parties broker coalitions and navigate responses to place-based challenges, and that elections provide mandates that may legitimise commitments while mitigating risks of polarisation. By situating these processes within multilevel fiscal and ideological constraints, we contribute to emerging debates on the geographies and politics of mission-oriented innovation policy.