Progress to decline?, Philip Garrahan and Paul Stewart; something old, something new? the Great North in the 1990s, Fred Robinson; Wearside in the "new" North East - long-term perspectives on industrial restructuring, Ian Stone; continuity and change in urban governance - urban regeneration initiatives in the North East of England, Keith Shaw; what's in a name? the invention of Wearside, Pete Rushton; is Andy Capp dead? the enterprise culture and household responses to economic change, Jane Wheelock; back to the future? preparing young adults for the post-industrial Wearside economy, Bob Hollands; transnational corporations, human resource management and regional regeneration, John Knell; foreign direct investment and local economic recovery, Philip Garrahan and Paul Stewart; condemnation and closure - the Wear shipyards, Ian Roberts.