Levelling Up the UK Economy
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-17506-0 (ISBN)
This book contributes to emerging debates about Levelling Up the UK Economy, considering these alongside the nature of, and trends in, both the political economy and spatial disparities. Drawing on a complex systems framing, the book pulls together a range of evidence to provide insights about the agenda from macro, meso and micro levels of analyses, including utilising qualitative data from a small scoping study with Directors of Regeneration across several 'left behind' places and 25 residents of 'left behind' Redcar & Cleveland in Teesside.
The book outlines phases in capitalism's development, particularly the shift from post-war capitalism to a post-industrial and neoliberal society and the implications for spatial inequalities. The 2022 Levelling Up White Paper is analysed alongside a focus on the role of local government relative to the agenda. The book offers an empirical case study of 'left behind' Redcar & Cleveland, exposing deindustrialisation, insecure employment, crime, anti-social behaviour and sentiments on a North South divide and Levelling Up. We suggest that only a transformative change in the political economy, including significant and sustained investment at different spatial levels, is likely to achieve the ambition to Level Up.
lt;p> Luke Telford is a Lecturer in Criminology at Staffordshire University, UK. Luke has published on political economy, politics, labour markets and the Covid-19 pandemic. He is author of English Nationalism and its Ghost Towns (Routledge, 2022), and co-author of two books on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jonathan Wistow is an Assistant Professor at Durham University, UK. Jonathan has a background in local government having previously worked in a local authority. He has published work on local government and governance systems, health inequalities, climate change adaptation, complexity theory, social policy and political economy.
1. Introduction.- 2. Capitalism's Trajectories and Local Spatial Dynamics.- 3. The Levelling Up Agenda.- 4. Local Government, Governance and Levelling Up.- 5. Sentiments from a 'Left Behind' Place.- 6. Conclusion: Scanning the Future.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.12.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 128 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 319 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien |
| Schlagworte | Austerity • British policy • Economic Geography • Economic Sociology • Political Sociology • Social Policy |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-17506-9 / 3031175069 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-17506-0 / 9783031175060 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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