Over the last 15 years, the substantial restructuring of western economies has confronted trade unions with the most intense changes and challenges they have had to face for more than half a century: in many countries union membership has fallen sharply and the power of the trade unions has been considerably weakened. Drawing on the data from a large scale ESRC-funded research project, the authors make a comprehensive analysis of the regional and local dimensions of trade union decline and industrial relations changes of the past 15 years, relating their findings to wider conceptual and empirical issues. Linking regional structure, trends in trade unionism and industrial relations to the more general debate on regional development and regional labour markets, this book is an important synthesis of economic geography and labour relations work.

Union Retreat & the Regions: The Shrinking Landscape of Organised Labour (Regional Policy and Development Series, 8)

Business & Money

Wills, Jane

Sunley, Peter

Martin, Ron L.

Regional Studies Association (London, England)

Economics

Jessica Kingsley Pub

This textbook, which arose out of the Regional Studies Association conference on "regional futures" in Gothenburg, Sweden, details the various regional development programmes which are being pursued within Europe. Starting by setting the context for regional development, with emphasis placed upon the implications of Europe 2000+, each chapter reveals the mechanics of European development policy within different regions or countries in Europe. The concluding chapter draws out common themes and identifies appropriate lessons for the future of regional development in Europe and elsewhere.

Regional Development Strategies: A European Perspective (Regional Policy and Development)

Karnac Books

This study defines what is meant by "social exclusion" in terms of its causes, how it is experienced and the way in which policy and community initatives are confronting the problem. It is argued that developments in the structure of the global economy, resulting in investment in certain areas, have intensified social polarization and exclusion. The symptoms of "social exclusion" include long-term unemployment; informalization of work; a widening gap in levels of income, education and health; and changing family structure. This is heightened, asserts the editor, by planning and housing policies, which often create whole neighbourhoods of disadvantaged people. Comparative studies of communities responding to social exclusion lead to proposals for urban regeneration schemes linking housing with employment as part of a Europe-wide initiative to combat the problem.

Social Exclusion in European Cities: Processes, Experiences, and Responses (Regional Policy and Development Series, 23)

Politics & Social Sciences

Allen, Judith

Social Sciences

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