Regional Policy in Britain (Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics) - Softcover

McCrone, Gavin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138102512 ISBN 13: 9781138102514

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Originally published in 1973. At that time, imbalance in the economic performance of regions had become of increasing concern to politicians and economists in many European counties. British policy was of particular interest: not only because the changes of the 1960s made it more comprehensive than in most other countries; but as some sort of regional policy had been in operation for more than thirty years, many lessons could be learned from its evolution. This book provides a comprehensive study of this aspect of British policy. It starts by outlining the nature of the British regional problem, the case for a policy and the contribution of economic theory to the understanding of the regional question. In later Parts the development of British policy up to 1967 is described along with its impact on the performance of individual regions and different measures are evaluated with a view to increasing the effectiveness of policy. The final chapter outlines the regional policy of the European Economic Community and shows what effect membership would have on British policy.

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Gavin McCrone

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138102512
• ISBN 13: 9781138102514
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280