| Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour Contributor(s): Bennett, Robert J. (Author), Payne, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138728349 ISBN-13: 9781138728349 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $92.14 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Labor - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Physical Information: 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This title was first published in 2000. Since New Labour were elected in 1997, there have been substantial changes made to local and regional economic development policy in the UK. This volume offers an up-to-date overview, setting the new policies within a wider historic context and suggesting future developments. It examines four of these new policies in depth - Regional Development Agencies, New Deal local partnerships, Local Learning and Skills Councils, and the Small Business Service and Business link. In doing so, it offers a critical appraisal of how effective these changes have been in tackling issues such as developing human resources, skills and opportunities, developing land infrastructure and sites, capital formation and development, encouraging innovation, entrepreneurship and technological change and enhancing a supportive institutional context. |
