Job-centred economic development

Giloth, Robert P. (ed) 1998: JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICE. London: Sage, £14.99 paper, £31.00 cased.     

Reviews

Regions. ERA 1998: 21st CENTURY REGIONS. London: Economic & regional analysis, 23. Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB, £30 + £1 p&p paper.

Environmental management standards. Krut, R. and Gleckman, H. 1998: ISO 14001: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd, £14.95 paper.

Environmental jobs. Hale, M. and Lachowicz, M. 1998: THE ENVIRONMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. London: Routledge, £17.99 paper.

Sustainability and regeneration. Carley, M. and Kirk, K. 1998: SUSTAINABLE BY 2020? A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO URBAN REGENERATION FOR BRITAIN'S CITIES. Bristol: The Policy Press, £11.95 paper.

Gambling. Frey, J.H. (ed) 1998: GAMBLING: SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS AND PUBLIC POLICY. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. London: Sage Publications, £14.99 paper.

Informal employment. Williams, C. C. and Windebank, J. 1998: INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE ADVANCED ECONOMIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR WORK AND WELFARE. London: Routledge, £15.99 paper.

TECS. Jones, M. 1999: NEW INSTITUTIONAL SPACES: TECS AND THE REMAKING OF ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE. London: Regional Studies Association, £27.50 paper.

The New Regional Agenda. Dungey, J. and Newman, I. 1999: THE NEW REGIONAL AGENDA. London: Local Government Information Unit, £15.00 paper.

Mutual aid and self-help. Burne, Danny and Taylor, Marilyn, 1998: MUTUAL AID AND SELF-HELP: COPING STRATEGIES FOR EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES. Bristol: The Policy Press, £10.95.     

Reviews

Concepts and measurement of social exclusion. Room, G. (ed) 1995: BEYOND THE THRESHOLD: THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION. Bristol, the Policy Press, £13.95.

Local job creation. European Commission 1995: LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES: AN INVESTIGATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Ecu 11.00, paper.

Local economic development. Blair, J. P. 1995: LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE. California: Sage, £44.95 cased.

The British economy in transition. Turner, R. (ed) 1995: THE BRITISH ECONOMY IN TRANSITION: FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW? London: Routledge, £14.95, paper.

Defence R and D. Hartley, K. and Newman, I. (eds) 1996: DEFENCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION. Harlow, Essex: South East Economic Development Strategy, £20.00 + £3.50 pp, paper.     

Education, training, and economic growth

Ashton, D. and Green, F. 1996: EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, £18.95 paper, £55.00 cased.

Booth, A. and Snower, J. (eds) 1996: ACQUIRING SKILLS: MARKET FAILURES, THEIR SYMPTOMS AND POLICY RESPONSES. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, £15.95 paper, £45.00 cased.

Deakin, B. 1996: THE YOUTH LABOUR MARKET IN BRITAIN: THE ROLE OF INTERVENTION. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, £35.00 cased.

Godfrey, M. (ed) 1997: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, £59.95 cased.

Shackleton, J. with Clarke, L, Lange, T. and Walsh, S. 1995: TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, £55.00 cased.     

Education and youth training

Mizen, P. 1995: THE STATE, YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUTH TRAINING: IN AND AGAINST THE TRAINING STATE. London: Mansell, £40.00 cased, £16.99 paper.

Armstrong, D. M. 1996: EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES. Belfast: Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre, Working Paper No 14.     

Reviews

Regenerating town centres. Evans, R. 1997: REGENERATING TOWN CENTRES. Manchester: Manchester University Press, £30.00 cased.

Privatised utilities. Marvin, S., Graham, S. and Guy, S. 1996: PRIVATISED UTILITIES AND REGIONAL MANAGEMENT. Harlow: SEEDS (South East Economic Development Strategy), £25.00 plus £3.50 postage and packing.

Women returners. Chisholm, L. (ed) 1997: GETTING IN, CLIMBING UP AND BREAKING THROUGH. London: The Policy Press, £15.25 paper.

Regionalism. John, P. and Whitehead, A. (eds) 1997: POLICY AND POLITICS VOL 25 NO. 1 SPECIAL ISSUE. REGIONALISM IN ENGLAND: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. Policy Press.

Socially regulated labour markets. Peck, J. 1996: WORK-PLACE. THE SOCIAL REGULATION OF LABOUR MARKETS. New York and London: The Guilford Press, £16.99 paper £35.00 cased.

Private delivery — public goods. Arnold-Forster, J., Lee, M. and McLeod, J. 1997: HAND IN GLOVE: PRIVATE SECTOR DELIVERING PUBLIC GOODS. London: Fabian Society, supported by Generale des Eaux, £15.00 paper.

Bio-tech. Milhell, D., Kingham, D. and Stott, M. 1997: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR IN OXFORDSHIRE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY. Oxford: Oxford Innovation Limited, £5.00 paper.     

Public policy and social exclusion

Geddes, M. 1997: PARTNERSHIP AGAINST POVERTY AND EXCLUSION? LOCAL REGENERATION STRATEGIES AND EXCLUDED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK. Bristol: T he Policy Press, £12.95 paper.

Perri 6 1997: HOLISTIC GOVERNMENT. London: Demos, £9.95 paper.

Donnisson, D. 1998: POLICIES FOR A JUST SOCIETY. London: Macmillan, £12.50 paper.     

Reviews

Basic economics. Mackintosh, M., Brown, V., Costello, N., Dawson, G., Thompson, G. and Trigg, A. 1996: ECONOMICS AND CHANGING ECONOMIES. Open University and International Thomson Business Press, £19.99 paper.

Tinkering with equality. Rees, T. 1995: WOMEN AND THE EC TRAINING PROGRAMMES: TINKERING, TAILORING AND TRANSFORMATION. Bristol: SAUS publications, £11.50 paper.

Construction and employment. McGregor, A., Fitzpatrick, I., McConachie, M. and Thorn, G. 1995: BUILDING FUTURES: CAN LOCAL EMPLOYMENT BE CREATED FROM HOUSING EXPENDITURE? Bristol: SAUS Publications, £9.95 paper.

Harrison, M. and Davies, J. 1995: CONSTRUCTING EQUALITY: HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS AND MINORITY ETHNIC CONTRACTORS. Bristol: SAUS Publications, £9.95 paper.

Globalisation and Local Economic Development. Killick, T. (ed) 1995: THE FLEXIBLE ECONOMY: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ADAPTABILITY OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES. London: Routledge/ODI, £16.99 paper.

Michie, J. and Grieve Smith, J. (eds) 1995: MANAGING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Oxford: Oxford University Press, £14.95 paper.

City marketing. Neill, W. V., Fitzsimons, D. S. and Murtagh, B. 1995: REIMAGING THE PARIAH CITY: URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN BELFAST AND DETROIT. Aldershot: Avebury, £35.00 cased.

Flexible working. New Ways to Work, 1995: BALANCED LIVES: CHANGING WORK PATTERNS FOR MEN. London: New Ways to Work, £9.95 paper.

Cyberspace utopia? Graham, S. and Marvin, S. 1996: TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE CITY: ELECTRONIC SPACES, URBAN PLACES. London: Routledge, £15.99 paper.     

Reviews

Unemployment and social exclusion. Hills, J. 1999: SOCIAL EXCLUSION, INCOME DYNAMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY. Northern Ireland Economic Council, no price listed.

Turok, I. and Edge, N. 1999: THE JOBS GAP IN BRITAIN'S CITIES: EMPLOYMENT LOSS AND LABOUR MARKET CONSEQUENCES. The Policy Press and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £13.95 paper.

GREEN, A. E. AND OWEN, D. 1998: WHERE ARE THE JOBLESS? CHANGING UNEMPLOYMENT AND NON-EMPLOYMENT IN CITIES AND REGIONS. The Policy Press and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £11.95 paper.

Fifty years of planning. Cullingworth, B. (ed) 1999: BRITISH PLANNING: 50 YEARS OF URBAN AND REGIONAL POLICY. London: Athlone Press, £47.50 cased, £16.99 paper.

LETS in low income areas. Hudson, H., Newby, L., Hutchinson, N. and Harding, L. 1999: MAKING “LETS” WORK IN LOW INCOME AREAS. Forum for the Future. “Insights”: The Sustainable Economy Programme Publication Series, £10 paper.

Sustainable economic development. Newby, L. (ed) 1999: CASE STUDY OF SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Forum for the Future, £40.00 set in a ring binder.

Ahrel, F., Schofield, S. and Newby, L. 1999: THE MISSING LINK? A STUDY OF THE INTEGRATION OF LOCAL AGENDA 21 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN LOCAL AUTHORITIES. Forum for the Future, £15.00 paper.

MacGillivary, A., Weston, C. and Unsworth, C. 1998: COMMUNITIES COUNT! A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS. New Economics Foundation, £15.00 paper.     

Reviews

Social policy. Alcock, P. 1996: SOCIAL POLICY IN BRITAIN. London: Macmillan, £12.95 paper.

Unions in local economies. Martin, R., Sunley, P. and Wills, J. 1996: UNION RETREAT AND THE REGIONS. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, £18.95 paper.

Business and the environment. Welford, R. and Starkey, R. (eds) 1996: THE EARTHSCAN READER IN BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. London: Earthscan, £19.95 paper.

Innovation. Simmie, J. (ed) 1996: INNOVATION, NETWORKS AND LEARNING REGIONS?. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Regional Studies Association, £16.95, paper.     

Reviews

Planning in diverse societies. Healey, P. 1997: COLLABORATIVE PLANNING: SHAPING PLACES IN FRAGMENTED SOCIETIES. Basingstoke: Macmillan, £14.99 paper.

Transforming “problem” housing estates. Power, A. 1997: ESTATES ON THE EDGE. London: Macmillan, £57.50 cased.

Contested communities. Hoggett, P. (ed) 1997: CONTESTED COMMUNITIES: EXPERIENCES, STRUGGLES, POLICIES. Bristol, The Policy Press, £15.95 paper.

A planner's view of regeneration in Manchester. Kitchen, T., 1997: PEOPLE, POLITICS, POLICIES AND PLANS: THE CITY PLANNING PROCESS IN BRITAIN. London: Paul Chapman Publishing, £16.95 paper.

Urban design. Parfect, M. and Power, G. 1997: PLANNING FOR URBAN QUALITY: URBAN DESIGN IN TOWNS AND CITIES. London: Routledge, £65.00 cased, £22.50 paper.

Regional impact of the EU Structural Funds. Bachtler, J. and Turok, I. (eds) 1997: THE COHERENCE OF EU REGIONAL POLICY: CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, £25.00 paper.

Development trusts. Ward M. and Watson, S. 1997: HERE TO STAY: A PUBLIC POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY-BASED REGENERATION. London: Development Trusts Association, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £10.95 paper.

Hart, L. 1997: ASSET BASE DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED REGENERATION ORGANISATIONS. London: Development Trusts Association, £6,50 paper.

Community visioning. Burton, B. 1997: COMMUNITY VISIONING: AN EVALUATION OF THE “CHOICES FOR BRISTOL” PROJECT. Bristol: Policy Press, £11.95 paper.     

Reviews

Who gets access to training? Machin, S. and Wilkinson, D. 1995: EMPLOYEE TRAINING: UNEQUAL ACCESS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE. London: Institute for Public Policy Research, £3.95 paper.

Spatial planning. Williams, R.H. 1996: EUROPEAN UNION SPATIAL POLICY AND PLANNING. London: Paul Chapman, £16.95 paper.

Small firm growth. Barkham, R., Gudgin, G., Hart, M. and Hanvey, E. 1996:. THE DETERMINANTS OF SMALL FIRM GROWTH: AN INTER-REGIONAL STUDY IN THE UK 1986-90. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, £19.95 paper.

Krakow — transition to capitalism. Hardy, J. and Rainnie, A. 1996:. RESTRUCTURING KRAKOW: DESPERATELY SEEKING CAPITALISM. Mansel, £50.00 cased.     

Local democracy

Pratchett, L. and Wilson, D. (eds) 1996: LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd, £12.99 paper.

King, D. and Stoker, G. (eds) 1996: RETHINKING LOCAL DEMOCRACY. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd, £40.00 cased £12.99 paper.

Kuper, R. 1996: CITIZENS JURIES: THE HERTFORDSHIRE EXPERIENCE. Hertford: University of Hertfordshire Business School, Politics Paper 3.

Coote, A. and Mattinson, D. 1997: TWELVE GOOD NEIGHBOURS: THE CITIZEN AS JUROR. London: Fabian Society, £5.00 paper.

Hodge, M., Leach, S. and Stoker, G. 1997: MORE THAN THE FLOWER SHOW: ELECTED MAYORS AND DEMOCRACY. London: Fabian Society, £10.00 paper.

Hambleton, R. and Bullock, S. 1996: REVITALISING LOCAL DEMOCRACY. THE LEADERSHIP OPTION. Report of the Association of District Councils and Local Government Management Board. London: Association of District Councils, £10.00 paper.

LGIU. 1996: AGENDA FOR CHANGE. London: LGIU.

INLOGOV

— University of Birmingham, 1997: MAKING LOCAL GOVERNANCE WORK. Findings from the Local Governance Research Programme of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Findings Paper 1 Changing Nature of Local Governance. Findings Paper 2 Citizenship and Participation. Findings Paper 3 Partnership and Networks. Findings Paper 4 Developing Community Leadership. Findings Paper 5 Managing Change. For copies contact John Raine, INLOGOV, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT.     

Gender and local economic policy

Booth, C., Darke, J. and Yeandle, S. 1996: CHANGING PLACES: WOMEN'S LIVES IN THE CITY. London: Paul Chapman, £14.95 paper.

Gardiner, J. 1997: GENDER, CARE AND ECONOMICS. Basingstoke: Macmillan, £15.99 paper.

Dijkstra, G. and Plantenga, J. (eds) 1997: GENDER AND ECONOMICS. A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE. London: Routledge, £45.00 cased, £14.99 paper.     

Reviews

Social Europe. European Commission 1996: SOCIAL EUROPE: PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDIUM-SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME 1995-97 (Supplement 4/96).

SOCIAL EUROPE: WORK AND CHILDCARE -A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE (Supplement 5/96). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

Spatial planning. Healey, P., Khakee, A., Motte, A. and Needham, B. (eds) 1997: MAKING STRATEGIC SPATIAL PLANS: INNOVATION IN EUROPE. Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis, £14.95 paper.

Competing cities. Jensen-Butler, C., Shachar, A. and Weesep, J. (eds) 1997: EUROPEAN CITIES IN COMPETITION. Aldershot: Avebury, £55.00 cased.

Evaluating the City Challenge. Robinson, F. 1997: THE CITY CHALLENGE EXPERIENCE. Newcastle: Newcastle City Challenge West End Partnership Ltd, £15.00 paper.     

Regional government

Tindale, S. (ed.) 1996: THE STATE AND THE NATIONS. THE POLITICS OF DEVOLUTION. London: IPPR, £11.95 paper.     

European integration and unemployment

Symes, V. 1995: UNEMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE - PROBLEMS AND POLICIES. London and New York: Routledge, £40.00 cased, £12.99 paper.

Alogoskoufis et al 1995: UNEMPLOYMENT: CHOICES FOR EUROPE. Monitoring European Integration 5, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research, £10.00, paper.

Blanchard et al 1995: SPANISH UNEMPLOYMENT — IS THERE A SOLUTION? London: Centre for Economic Policy Research, £14.95, paper.

Coates, K. and Holland, S. 1995: FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR EUROPE — THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL AND THE DEBATE ON EMPLOYMENT IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 1994-95. Nottingham: Spokesman for European Labour Forum, £9.99, paper.

Local Economy Policy Unit: CAN UNEMPLOYMENT BE CUT BY HALF BY 2000? A DISCUSSION STATEMENT PRESENTED BY THE BERLIN SENATE'S ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR LABOUR MARKET POLICY. London: Local Economic Policy Unit, £12.00, paper.     

Reviews

“Urban unemployment”

Hasluck, C., 1987: Urban Unemployment: Local labour markets and employment initiatives. London, Longman, £6.95 paper.

“Property and industrial development”

Fothergill, S., Monk, S. and Perry, M. 1387: Property and Industrial Development London: Hutchinson, £12.95 paper.

“High-tech”

Breheny, M. J. and McQuaid, R. W. 1987: The Development of High Technology Industries: An International Survey. London: Croom Helm, £35.00.

Monde, C. (ed), 1986: Science Parks -- Their Contribution to Economic Growth. Birmingham: UK Science Parks Association, £15.00 paper.

“American perspectives”

Bergman, Edward M. Editor 1986: Local Economies in Transition: Policy Realities and Development Potentials. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, $40.00 cloth, $16.95, paper.

“Marginal regions”

O'Cearbhaill, D. and Cawley, M. (editors) 1986: New approaches to the development of Marginal Regions, 8th International Seminar on Marginal Regions in association with University College Galway, 3 Vote: no price stated.

“Training without jobs”

Finn, Dan 1987: Training Without Jobs:New Deals and Broken Promises:From Raising the School Leaving Age to the Youth Training Scheme. London: Macmillan £6.95.

“The coopera tive workplace”

Rothschild, J. and Whitt, A. J. 1986: The Cooperative Workplace: potentials and dilemmas of organizational democracy and participation. USA: American Sociological Association Rose Monograph Series, Cambridge University Press. No price stated.

“Opposition to plant closures”

Maunders, A. 1986: A Process of Struggle. Aldershot: Gower £20.00 cloth.

“Property data”

Investment Property Databank, 1987: The IPD Annual Review 1987 London, £45.

“Urban economic development”

Hausner.V. A. (editor) 1987: Critical Issues in Urban Economic Development. Volume II. Oxford: Clarendon Press, £22.50 hardback.     

Reviews

RESTRUCTURING THE STEEL INDUSTRY.

Ray Hudson and David Sadler, 1989: The International Steel Industry: Restructuring, State Policies and Localities. London: Routledge, £30.00 cloth.

BEYOND THE INNER CITY.

Byrne, D. 1989: Beyond the Inner City. Open University Press, £9.95 paper, £27.50 cloth.

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Harris, R. I. D. 1989: The Growth and Structure of the UK Regional Economy 1963-85. Aldershot: Avebury, £35.00 cloth.     

Reviews

Learning from success. Dunford, M. and Hudson, R. 1996:SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN REGIONS: NORTHERN IRELAND LEARNING FROM OTHERS. Northern Ireland Economic Council — Research Monograph 3.

Small firms. Deakins, D., and Jennings, J. and Mason, C. (eds) 1997: SMALL FIRMS: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NINETIES. London: Paul Chapman Publishing on behalf of the Institute for Small Business, £45.00 cased.