With the UK still facing the repercussions of the 2007 economic downturn, Coe and Jones' text is a timely, engaging discussion of the key issues facing the UK economy from a purely geographical perspective, written by some of the leading academics in the field. With pedagogical features to facilitate learning, including further reading and chapter aims, the text explores the complex connections that constitute the UK economy including the city and finance, the uneven development of the UK, the UK economy's links to the European Union and its wider ties to the global economy. Written for…mehr
With the UK still facing the repercussions of the 2007 economic downturn, Coe and Jones' text is a timely, engaging discussion of the key issues facing the UK economy from a purely geographical perspective, written by some of the leading academics in the field. With pedagogical features to facilitate learning, including further reading and chapter aims, the text explores the complex connections that constitute the UK economy including the city and finance, the uneven development of the UK, the UK economy's links to the European Union and its wider ties to the global economy. Written for geography students studying modules on economic geography and the human geography of the UK, the text is a vibrantly written, easy-to-understand analysis of the current and future challenges that face the contemporary UK economy. Includes a preface by Doreen Massey.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface - Doreen Massey Part I: Setting the Scene: Uneven Economic Geographies Introduction: the shifting geographies of the UK economy? - Neil M. Coe and Andrew Jones Persistent North/South divides - Danny Dorling Uneven regional growth: the geographies of boom and bust under New Labour - Ron Martin Part II: Landscapes of Power, Inequality and Finance The City and finance: changing landscapes of power: - John Allen Banking on financial services - Shaun French, Karen Lai and Andrew Leyshon The geography of UK government finance: tax, spend and what lies between - Steve Musson State and economy: governing uneven development in the UK - Andy Pike and John Tomaney Housing and the UK economy - Chris Hamnett The geographical pension gap: understanding patterns of inequality in UK occupational pensions - Kendra Strauss and Gordon Clark Part III: Landscapes of Production and Circulation The changing geographies of manufacturing and work: Made in the UK? - Ray Hudson Business services: driving the knowledge-based economy in the UK? - James Faulconbridge Agricultural restructuring and changing food networks in the UK - Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye The shifting geographies of UK retailing - Neil Wrigley UK energy dilemmas: energy security and climate change - Michael Bradshaw Part IV: Landscapes of Social Change Restructuring UK labour markets: work and employment in the twenty-first century - Kevin Ward New migrant divisions of labour - Jane Wills, Cathy McIlwaine, Kavita Datta, Jon May, Joanna Herbert and Yara Evans The UK economy and the transformation of East Central Europe - Alison Stenning Coda: The UK Economy in an era of globalization - Neil M. Coe and Andrew Jones
Preface - Doreen Massey Part I: Setting the Scene: Uneven Economic Geographies Introduction: the shifting geographies of the UK economy? - Neil M. Coe and Andrew Jones Persistent North/South divides - Danny Dorling Uneven regional growth: the geographies of boom and bust under New Labour - Ron Martin Part II: Landscapes of Power, Inequality and Finance The City and finance: changing landscapes of power: - John Allen Banking on financial services - Shaun French, Karen Lai and Andrew Leyshon The geography of UK government finance: tax, spend and what lies between - Steve Musson State and economy: governing uneven development in the UK - Andy Pike and John Tomaney Housing and the UK economy - Chris Hamnett The geographical pension gap: understanding patterns of inequality in UK occupational pensions - Kendra Strauss and Gordon Clark Part III: Landscapes of Production and Circulation The changing geographies of manufacturing and work: Made in the UK? - Ray Hudson Business services: driving the knowledge-based economy in the UK? - James Faulconbridge Agricultural restructuring and changing food networks in the UK - Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye The shifting geographies of UK retailing - Neil Wrigley UK energy dilemmas: energy security and climate change - Michael Bradshaw Part IV: Landscapes of Social Change Restructuring UK labour markets: work and employment in the twenty-first century - Kevin Ward New migrant divisions of labour - Jane Wills, Cathy McIlwaine, Kavita Datta, Jon May, Joanna Herbert and Yara Evans The UK economy and the transformation of East Central Europe - Alison Stenning Coda: The UK Economy in an era of globalization - Neil M. Coe and Andrew Jones
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