Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour (Hardcover)

Contents: Renegotiating local and regional economic development. Power Relations: Agents and power in the local and regional economy; Interpreting Labour’s local and regional economic policy objectives; The negotiation process. Case Studies: Regional development agencies; New deal; Local learning skills councils and the TECs; The small business service and business link initiative. Unfinished Revolution??: Power-relations under Labour; Unblocking change: a future agenda; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.