@article{1451551,
      author = {Telford, Luke. and Wistow, Jonathan.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1451551},
      title = {Levelling up the UK economy : the need for transformative  change? /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      abstract = {This book contributes to emerging debates about Levelling  Up the UK Economy, considering these alongside the nature  of, and trends in, both the political economy and spatial  disparities. Drawing on a complex systems framing, the book  pulls together a range of evidence to provide insights  about the agenda from macro, meso and micro levels of  analyses, including utilising qualitative data from a small  scoping study with Directors of Regeneration across several  left behind places and 25 residents of left behind Redcar &  Cleveland in Teesside. The book outlines phases in  capitalisms 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. Luke  Telford is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice & Social Policy  at the University of York, UK. He is a multidisciplinary  academic who has published on political economy, politics,  working-class culture, labour markets and the COVID-19  pandemic. Luke is the author/co-author of three other books  including English Nationalism and its Ghost Towns, as well  as Lockdown: Social harm in the COVID-19 era. Jonathan  Wistow is an Associate Professor at Durham University, UK.  Jonathan has a background in local government having  previously worked in a local authority. He has published  work on local government and governance systems, health  inequalities, climate change adaptation, complexity theory,  social policy and political economy. He is the  author/co-author of two other books including Social  Policy, Political Economy and the Social Contract.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17507-7},
      recid = {1451551},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      address = {Cham :},
      year = {2022},
}