The British Growth Crisis

Britain remains mired in the most severe and prolonged economic crisis that it has faced since the 1930s. What would it take to find a new, more stable and more sustainable growth model for Britain in the years ahead? This important volume written by a number of influential commentators seeks to provide some answers.

Autorentext
Frank Pyke, Independent Researcher Dan Corry, Southampton University, UK Daniela Tepe-Belfrage, University of Sheffield, UK Ken Coutts, University of Cambridge, UK Graham Gudgin, University of Cambridge, UK Gerry Stoker, Southampton University, UK Ben Clift, University of Warwick, UK Danny Mackinnon, Newcastle University, UK David Featherstone, University of Glasgow, UK Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow, UK Kendra Strauss, University of Cambridge, UK Jason Heyes, University of Sheffield, UK Paul Lewis, Birmingham Business School, UK Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield, UK Paulina Ramirez, Birmingham Business School, UK Andrew Tylecote, University of Sheffield, UK ?

Inhalt
Introduction; Colin Hay and Jeremy Green PART I: DIAGNOSING THE CRISIS 1. Should the UK Continue to Follow Liberal Economic Policies? Ken Coutts and Graham Gudgin 2. UK Economic Performance Under New Labour: 1997-2010: Facts, Lessons and Pointers; Dan Corry 3. Anglo-American Financial Interdependence and the Rise of Income Inequality; Jeremy Green PART II: EVALUATING RESPONSES 1. Economic Recovery and the Politics of the Long-Term; Gerry Stoker 2. Public Policy Futures: A Left Trilemma?; Peter Taylor-Gooby 3. UK Macroeconomic Policy Debate and the British Growth Crisis: Debt and Deficit Discourse in the Great Recession; Ben Clift 4. The Final Nail in the Coffin? Crisis, Manufacturing Decline, and Why it Matters; Craig Berry PART III: GLOBAL, LOCAL AND SECTORAL DIMENSIONS 1. Local and Regional Economic Development in Britain; Danny MacKinnon, Andrew Cumbers and David Featherstone 2. Employment Protection Legislation and the Growth Crisis; Jason Heyes and Paul Lewis 3. Globalisation and the UK Economy since the 1990s; Jonathan Perraton 4. The Need for an Engaged, Expert and Inclusive British Capitalism; Paulina Ramirez and Andrew Tylecote PART IV: ALTERNATIVES BEYOND GROWTH? 1. A Feminist Critique of the 'Politics of Community'; Daniela Tepe 2. Towards a New Growth Strategy; Promoting Decent Work in the United Kingdom; Frank Pyke