Local Economy

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Volume 21, issue 4, 2006

Inequalities in Britain 1997–2006: the Dream that Turned Pear-shaped pp. 353-361

Danny Dorling

Cluster Dynamics: Corporate Strategy, Industry Evolution and Technology Trajectories - A Case Study of the East Midlands Aerospace Cluster pp. 362-377

David Smith and Gamal Ibrahim

Modelling the Impact of Community Engagement on Local Democracy pp. 378-390

Rhys Andrews and David Turner

Regional Self-reliance and Economic Development: The Pembrokeshire Case pp. 391-408

Peter Midmore and Dennis Thomas

The Neoliberal Framework of EU Urban Policy in Action: Supporting Competitiveness and Reaping Disparities pp. 409-422

Ioannis Chorianopoulos and Theodoros Iosifides

Decentralization, Governance and Capacity Building in Cambodia pp. 423-428

Alex White

Full Employment, a New Deal for Welfare and the Cities Strategy... the Story so Far pp. 429-438

Chris Duffill and Donna-Louise Hurrell

Book Reviews pp. 439-444

Munir Morad, Andrew Jones and Charles Fraser

Volume 21, issue 3, 2006

Editorial pp. 239-240

Paul Convery

Skills in a Global Economy: Ten Proposals for a UK Skills Policy pp. 241-248

Chris Humphries

The Decline of the Temporary Worker: A Regional Perspective pp. 249-263

David Biggs

The Temporary Staffing Industry and Workforce Development: Assessing a System of Local Experiments pp. 264-278

Marc Doussard and Nik Theodore

Local-Authority led Economic Regeneration Strategies in the Aftermath of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis of 2001 pp. 279-291

Ian Taylor and Mike Tricker

What is the Role of Universities in High-tech Economic Development? The Case of Portland, Oregon, and Washington, DC pp. 292-315

Heike Mayer

Local Enterprise Growth Initiative pp. 316-327

Paul Convery

Three-district Enterprise Growth Solution Proves a Successful Alternative to City-based Approaches in East Midlands pp. 328-332

Andrew Smith

Building a Better Future for Generations in Barking and Dagenham pp. 333-338

Derek Levy

Constructing an Enterprise Island in Bradford pp. 339-344

Dave Moss

Croydon Finds LEGI Answers in Community pp. 345-349

Stella Okeahialam

Book Review: Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union pp. 350-352

Istvan Egresi

Volume 21, issue 2, 2006

Editorial pp. 105-106

David Walburn

Welfare Reform: Facing up to the Geography of Worklessness pp. 107-116

David Webster

The Impact of a Business School on Regional Economic Development: a Case Study pp. 117-135

Sue Cox and Jim Taylor

New Labour and Community Protests: the Case of the Govanhill Swimming Pool Campaign, Glasgow pp. 136-150

Gerry Mooney and Nick Fyfe

Local Rural Labour Markets: Enterprising or Constraining? pp. 151-165

David Jarvis, Philip Dunham and Brian Ilbery

Dilemmas in Regional University—Industry Research Collaboration pp. 166-179

Chrys Gunasekara

Promoting ‘Strategic’ Working within Area-based and Thematic Social Inclusion Partnerships in Scotland pp. 180-196

Suzi Macpherson

Supporting Women's Engagement with their Local Labour Markets: Introduction pp. 197-199

Sue Yeandle

Women Outside Paid Employment: Getting to Grips with Local Labour Markets pp. 200-210

Linda Grant, Lisa Buckner, Gerard Poole and Christopher Price

Building Policy/Research Relationships: Using Innovative Methodologies to Engage Ethnic Minority Women pp. 211-218

Bernadette Stiell, Ning Tang, Cinnamon Bennett and Christopher Price

Tackling Gender Inequality: Linking Research to Policy Making and Mainstreaming pp. 219-225

Karen Escott and Surinder Punn

Mainstreaming Women's Enterprise: Yorkshire Forward's Approach pp. 226-232

Cinnamon Bennett and Mike Chadwick

Book Review: City of Quarters: Urban Villages in the Contemporary City David Bell and Mark Jayne (Eds) Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004, 287 pp, ISBN 0754634140; Developing Coalfield Communities: Breathing New Life into Warsop Vale David Waddington Bristol, The Policy Press, 2003, pp. viii + 60, £14.99 (paperback), ISBN 1 86134 553 4; The Well-Connected Community: a Networking Approach to Community Development Alison Gilchrist Policy Press, Bristol, 2004, pp. 166 (paperback), ISBN 1-86134-527-5 pp. 233-238

Mark Davidson, Iain Deas and Colin C. Williams

Volume 21, issue 1, 2006

The Role of Finance: Spotlight by Local Economy pp. 1-3

Raj Patel

Opportunities and Problems in the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative pp. 4-12

Emma Drever

Harnessing the Hidden Enterprise Culture: the Street UK Community Development Finance Initiative pp. 13-24

Colin Williams

Closing the Savings Gap? The Role of the Saving Gateway pp. 25-35

Sharon Collard and Stephen McKay

Giving Credit where it's Due: Promoting Financial Inclusion through Quality Credit Unions pp. 36-48

Paul A. Jones

Evaluating Property-led Initiatives in Urban Regeneration: Tracing Vacancy Chains in Cardiff Bay pp. 49-64

Laura Francis and Huw Thomas

Building an Investment Market for Economic Development pp. 65-72

Andrew Carter

Under-served Markets pp. 73-77

Jenny Dunford

Access to Finance in Europe pp. 78-83

Maritza Tucker

CDFIs—Coming of Age? pp. 84-90

Sarah Mcgeehan

Providing Pensions for People pp. 91-96

Richard Murphy

Book Reviews pp. 97-104

G.J. Ashworth, Gillian Bristow, Edward J. Malecki and Aidan While

Volume 20, issue 4, 2005

Introduction pp. 335-336

David Walburn

Beware ‘the Creative Class’. Creativity and Wealth Creation Revisited pp. 337-343

John Montgomery

Socio-economic Decline and Adaptation: South Yorkshire's Former Coalfields pp. 344-359

Robert Murray, James Baldwin, Keith Ridgway and Belinda Winder

Industrial Restructuring and the State: the Case of MG Rover pp. 360-371

Nigel Berkeley, Tom Donnelly, David Morris and Martin Donnelly

Business Reactions to the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Scotland pp. 372-388

Wendy Kenyon and Alana Gilbert

Are Employment Zones Successful? Evidence From the First Four Years pp. 389-403

Oliver Bruttel

Cities, Regions, and Metropolitan Development Agencies pp. 404-411

Greg Clark

Volume 20, issue 3, 2005

Restructuring the Automotive Industry in the English West Midlands pp. 249-265

Tom Donnelly, Sally Barnes and David Morris

Information and Communication Technologies and their Role in Urban Regeneration pp. 266-279

Alan Southern and Alan Townsend

Promoting Image and Identity in ‘Cultural Quarters’: the Case of Dundee pp. 280-293

John Mccarthy

How ‘Modern’ is the Modern Apprenticeship? pp. 294-304

Jim Campbell, Ailsa Mckay and Emily Thomson

The Lisbon Agenda: Regional Performance in a Two Speed Europe. The Important Contribution of Local Programmes of SME Support pp. 305-308

David Walburn

Programme to Improve Access to Finance for Small Businesses in the Objective 2 Areas of London pp. 309-313

Keith Gilbey

Delivering Quality Accommodation for Small Businesses in London despite Market Difficulties pp. 314-317

Martin Large and Chris Rushton

London Business Angels: Boosting Investment in the Equity Gap pp. 318-322

Anthony Clarke

Sustainable Development, Support Mechanisms and the Opinions of Wood-using Micro-business Owner/Managers: The Case of a Community Forest pp. 323-330

Gary Lynch-Wood and David Williamson

Review Article: Poverty Street: The Dynamics of Neighbourhood Decline and Renewal R. Lupton Bristol, Policy Press, 2003, pp. xii+244, £21.99 paperback, ISBN 1-861-34535-6; Evaluating British Urban Policy S. Ying Ho Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003, pp. x+234, £50.00 hardback, ISBN 0-754-61851-X pp. 331-334

Rob Imrie

Volume 20, issue 2, 2005

Clusters: Myth or Realistic Ambition for Policy-makers? pp. 131-140

Manuel Palazuelos

A Step Change or a Step Back? The Thames Gateway and the Re-birth of the Urban Development Corporations pp. 141-153

Mike Raco

Redressing Gender Inequality in Employment: the National and Sub-regional Policy ‘Fit’ pp. 154-167

Sally-Anne Barnes, Anne Green, Michael Orton and Jenny Bimrose

The Role of Retailing in Urban Regeneration pp. 168-182

Timothy J. Dixon

Marketing Town Centres: Retailing and Town Centre Management pp. 183-204

Gary Warnaby, David Bennison and Barry J. Davies

The Performance of Business Incubators and their Potential Development in the North East Region of England pp. 205-220

Pooran Wynarczyk and Arnold Raine

The Future of Local Economic Development pp. 221-223

John Shutt and Roger Henderson

Urban Regeneration in an Era of Well-being pp. 224-229

Scott Dickinson

Future Local Economic Development under New Labour?: a New Sub-regional Development Agency - ‘Wakefield first’ pp. 230-237

John Shutt and Roger Henderson

Fitting the Piece in the Jigsaw Puzzle? The Governance of Local Economic Development Policy and Regeneration in Birmingham pp. 238-243

Gill Bentley

Book Reviews pp. 244-247

William A. Maloney and Frances Heywood

Volume 20, issue 1, 2005

Local Economy@20 pp. 3-5

Stuart Wilks-Heeg

The Accidental Renaissance of Local Government pp. 6-12

Dick Sorabji

‘On the Side of the Angels’: Community Involvement in the Governance of Neighbourhood Renewal pp. 13-26

Fred Robinson, Keith Shaw and Gill Davidson

Marginalised Voices: Resisting the Privatisation of Council Housing in Glasgow pp. 27-39

Gerry Mooney and Lynne Poole

City-Visions: Visioning and Delivering Scotland's Economic Future pp. 40-52

Deborah Peel and Greg Lloyd

The Newcastle Employment Bond: Investing in Local Communities pp. 53-66

Arthur Affleck and Mary Mellor

Job Guarantees, Employability Training and Partnerships in the Retail Sector pp. 67-78

Ronald McQuaid, Colin Lindsay and Malcolm Greig

Averting the Construction Skills Crisis: A Regional Approach pp. 79-89

Andrew R. J. Dainty, Stephen G. Ison and David S. Root

Trends In Entrepreneurship Policy pp. 90-92

David Walburn

The Changing Demography of Entrepreneurship pp. 93-97

Erik R. Pages

The Green Paper on Entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurship Action Plan pp. 98-103

Sonia Herrero-Rada

Entrepreneurship Policy at Local Level: Rationale, Design and Delivery pp. 104-110

Jonathan Potter

Challenges for Public Policy in Promoting Entrepreneurship in South Eastern Europe pp. 111-117

Ricardo Pinto

Review Article: Knowledge, Industry and the Environment: Institutions and Innovation in Territorial Perspective R. Hayter & R. Le Heron (Editors) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002, pp. 420, £51.50 cloth, ISBN 0754630528; Embedded Enterprise and Social Capital: International Perspectives M. Taylor & S. Leonard (Editors) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002, pp. 300, £46.50 cloth, ISBN 0754615170; Cluster Development and Policy P. Raines (Editor) Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002, pp. 191, £45.00 cloth, ISBN 0754618870 pp. 118-122

Danny MacKinnon

Book Reviews pp. 123-130

Frank Barry, Steven Henderson and Sally Randles