The political economy of industrial strategy in the UK : from productivity problems to development dilemmas / edited by Craig Berry, Julie Froud, Tom Barker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berry, Craig, editor.

Froud, Julie, editor.

Barker, Tom, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Building progressive alternatives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--Great Britain.

Industrial policy.

Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I The historical context

1 Prisoner of the past: British industrial policy from empire to Brexit p. 19 / James Silverwood and Richard Woodward

2 Industrial policy, then and now: historicizing the 2017 White Paper p. 29 / Victoria Chick

3 The developmental state in England: the role of the Treasury in industrial policy p. 39 / Simon Lee

Part II Rethinking economic foundations

4 The foundational economy and industrial strategy p. 51 / Julie Froud and Sukhdev Johal and Karel Williams

5 The false promise of productivity p. 59 / Paul Lewis

6 A "return to normal times"?: Industrial strategy and reproductive labour p. 69 / Isaac Stanley

Part III The end of laissez-faire?

7 Business-centric governance in UK industrial policy: neoliberal wine in interventionist bottles? p. 81 / Craig Berry and Tom Barker

8 Reconciling a post-Brexit trade and industrial strategy p. 93 / Matthew Louis Bishop

9 Financing industrial strategy: the role of state investment banks p. 103 / Laurie Macfarlane

Part IV Manufacturing and innovation

10 Risk management and reduction in global supply chains and production networks: reshoring and rightshoring versus offshoring p. 115 / John R. Bryson and Vida Vanchan and Shihao T. Zhou

11 Making work: the knowledge economy, automation and industrial strategy p. 127 / Nick O'Donovan

12 Industrial strategy and science and innovation policy p. 137 / Richard Jones

Part V Firms and workers

13 Broadening the ambit of industrial strategy to include latent demand and corporate governance p. 149 / Ciaran Driver

14 Expanding skills and workplace capacity: a relational approach to industrial strategy p. 161 / Alison Fuller and Lorna Unwin

15 Why an industrial strategy needs trade unions p. 169 / Kate Bell

Part VI Mainstreaming inequality and low pay

16 Where should low-wage sectors feature in an industrial strategy? p. 179 / John Forth and Ana Rincon-Aznar

17 Care as investment in social infrastructure p. 191 / Susan Himmelweit

18 Reducing inequality as industrial policy: finding productivity gains in the "overlooked economy" p. 203 / Ed Pemberton

Part VII The local dimension

19 The policy challenges of "levelling up" p. 215 / Ron Martin and Peter Sunley and Ben Gardiner

20 Local industrial policy and "left behind" places p. 235 / John Tomaney and Andy Pike

21 Looking north: the multi-level governance of economic policy p. 243 / Arianna Giovannini and Luke Raikes

Part VIII Towards a greener future?

22 Sustainability dilemmas and Britain's national industrial ambitions: Brexit, electric cars, and a petrol and diesel engine ban p. 257 / Dan Coffey and Carole Thornley

23 Industrial policy in the context of climate emergency: the urgent need for a Green New Deal p. 267 / Daniel Bailey

24 Clean and lean: an industrial strategy for an era of globalization and climate change p. 277 / Dustin Benton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781788213417

1788213416

Publisher Number:

99989022562

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