Place, Policy and Politics - Do Localities Matter?

List of contents

Preface. Introduction: The Institutional Context of Local Economic Development: Central Controls, Spatial Policies and Local Economic Policies, C.G. Pickvance Swindon: The Rise and Decline of a Growth Coalition, Keith Bassett & Michael Harloe Trying to Revive an Infant Hercules: The Rise and Fall of Local Authority Modernization Policies on Teeside, Ray Hudson Merseyside in Crisis and in Conflict, Richard Meegan Coping with Restructuring: The Case of South-West Birmingham, Dennis Smith Regency Icons: Marketing Cheltenham's Built Environment, Harry Cowen Lancaster: Small Firms, Tourism and the Locality, John Urry Council Economic intervention and Political Conflict in a Declining Resort: Isle of Thanet, C.G. Pickvance Conclusion: Places and Policies, John Urry

About the author

Michael Harloe, C.G. Pickvance, John Urry

Summary

Examines local political initiatives seeking to influence economic and social development in seven sharply contrasting localities, ranging from the outer council estates of Merseyside to the boom towns of Cheltenham and Swindon.

Additional text

`These studies add a great deal to our knowledge of the process of local economic regeneration from a political economy perspective and the interrelationships between the political and economic interests operating in these localities. Localities do matter.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Michael Harloe, Michael Pickvance Harloe
• Assisted by: Michael Harloe (Editor), Harloe Michael (Editor), C.g. Pickvance (Editor), Pickvance C.G. (Editor), John Urry (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138424043
• ISBN: 978-1-138-42404-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Human Geography, Urban communities