The Need for Transformative Change
E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-3-031-17507-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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The book outlines phases in capitalism’s development, particularly the shift from post-war capitalism to a post-industrial and neoliberal society and the implications for spatial inequalities. The 2022 Levelling Up White Paper is analysed alongside a focus on the role of local government relative to the agenda. The book offers an empirical case study of ‘left behind’ Redcar & Cleveland, exposing deindustrialisation, insecure employment, crime, anti-social behaviour and sentiments on a North South divide and Levelling Up. We suggest that only a transformative change in the political economy, including significant and sustained investment at different spatial levels, is likely to achieve the ambition to Level Up.
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1. Introduction.- 2. Capitalism’s Trajectories and Local Spatial Dynamics.- 3. The Levelling Up Agenda.- 4. Local Government, Governance and Levelling Up.- 5. Sentiments from a ‘Left Behind’ Place.- 6. Conclusion: Scanning the Future.