Legitimacy and place leadership: responding to and recovering from disruption in regional soft spaces

Andrew G. McClelland, Duncan Shaw and Judy Scully

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2380066

Abstract: This article explores through interviews the influence of legitimacy on place leadership within regional soft spaces in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. Legitimacy is an important yet underexamined facet of place leadership. Employing a tripartite legitimacy framework – input, throughput and output legitimacy – we illuminate novel insights on the nature of legitimacy relationships at different boundaries of regional soft spaces and how they shape place leadership over time in a changing context. We further argue that political astuteness is vital for multi-hatting leaders within regional soft spaces to enable cross-boundary mobilisation for collective action in response and recovery from disruption.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2380066

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