Based on a unique information source, which itself contains unpublished and inaccessible research information, this book is able to focus on so-far unexplored areas of spatial economic policy. The author provides an up-to-date review of the condition of regional policy in Britain, assesses aspects of the role of local authorities, particularly in terms of resource use and investigates the ways that local authorities and other local agencies represent their economies to the outside world.
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`A most useful and significant study of a period of local development history which will be of considerable use to other researchers as well as students' - Urban Studies
`Brings together ideas and arguments from economics, geography, politics and local government studies and sets them in a context of spatial economic policy' - Planning Week
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Introduction
PART ONE: SETTING THE CONTEXT
Issues and Debates in Spatial Economic Policy
Components and Themes in Spatial Economic Policy
The 1992 Review - Motives and Criteria
Concluding Comments
Submissions Analysis
Local Authority Engagement, Attitude and Representation
Exploring the Submissions
Representations of Local Economic Problems
The Background to the Review Response
Conclusion
Reaction (Engagement) - Attitude - Representation
Building an Analysis from Responses to the Review
Submissions Analysis - What It Can and Cannot Tell Us
Methods of Approach
The Limitations
Concluding Comments
PART TWO: DOCUMENTING AND EXPLAINING THE LOCAL AUTHORITY RESPONSES
Engaging with the 1992/1993 Assisted Areas Review
Who, How, and Why Does It Matter?
'Nailing Your Colours to the Mast'
Whose Submission? The Incidence of Liaison and the Coalition Factor
The Nature and Style of the Submissions
Towards an Understanding
Conclusion
Understanding and Interpreting the Responses
Beyond a Quantitative Analysis
Opting In - The Formation of Policy Positions
Getting on the Map
PART THREE: LOCAL AUTHORITY SENSITIVITIES: LOCAL AUTHORITY ATTITUDES TO REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Local Authorities and Regional Policy
The Importance of Local Authority Attitudes
Some Expectations
Local Authority Attitudes
Understanding the Attitudes
Recasting Regional Policy
Concluding Comments
Southern Attitudes to Regional Policy
Perceived Self-Image and Economic Problems
London and The South East - Who Submitted?
The 'Southern' View of Regional Policy
Concluding Comments
PART FOUR: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY
Representations of Unemployment
The Importance of Local Labour Market Representation
Local Unemployment Issues
Deploying the Unemployment Factor
Aspects of the Representations
Beyond a Basic Representation
Prognosis on the Representations
Conclusions
Representations of Peripherality
A Clear-Cut Issue?
Assessing Representations of Peripherality
Who Used The Peripherality Factor?
How Was Peripherality Used?
Summary of Issues and Implications
Concluding Comments
Local Authorities and the Process of Policy Change: The Outcome And Local Reactions
A Summary of Key Findings
Reflections on the Policy Process
Conclusions
