Developing Englands North - The Political Economy of the Northern PowerhousePevná vazba
Developing Englands North - The Political Economy of the Northern PowerhousePevná vazba This book explores the politics of local economic development in Northern England. The status of Northern…
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Developing Englands North - The Political Economy of the Northern PowerhousePevná vazba
This book explores the politics of local economic development in Northern England. The status of Northern regions and their local economies is intimately associated with efforts to 'rebalance' the economy away from the South East, London and the finance sector in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Socio-economic conditions in the North - and its future prospects - have become central to national debates in the UK.
They also analyse associated efforts to devolve power to local authorities across England, which promise to bring both greater prosperity and autonomy to the deindustrialized North. The contributors to this volume focus in particular on the coalition and Conservative governments' 'Northern Powerhouse' agenda. Several chapters critically interrogate these initiatives, and their ambitions, by placing them within their wider historical, geographical, institutional and