Looks at the impact of manufacturing - notably automotive - plant closures in the UK (Birmingham) and Australia (Adelaide) and policy responses to those closures. This book attempts to tease out differences in policy response and effectiveness.

In this timely Handbook, people emerge at the centre of city and regional development debates from the perspective of leadership. It explores individuals and communities, not only as units that underpin aggregate measures or elements within systems, but as deliberative actors with ambitions, desires, strategies and objectives. Deepening the scholarly debate on leadership in cities and regions, the Handbook combines theoretical discussion and empirical evidence within methodological development to present a state-of-the-art view of a rapidly emerging field of study, highlighting paths for...