Levelling Up Left Behind Places: The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge

ISBN-13: 9781032244303 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 136 str.

Ron Martin; Ben Gardiner; Andy Pike

Opis

This book aims to understand the predicaments of ‘left behind places’ and the scale of the policy challenge of ‘levelling up’ their economic prosperity. The case is made for a new, mission-oriented policy model to achieve this, which is now a prominent refrain in the political lexicon.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The new discourse of "left behind places" 2. Becoming "left behind": How places have grown apart 3. Why places have fallen behind: The geographically uneven effects of economic transformation 4. Economic shocks and the differential resilience of places 5. Learning from past policies for "levelling up" and "left behind places" in the UK 6. Institutions and policies for "levelling up" and "left behind places"