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The human geography of the UK is currently being reshaped by a number of forces - such as globalisation, transition in the organisations of production, the changing character of state intervention, and changing relationships with Europe. A consideration of the impacts of these forces on economic, social and political landscapes is, therefore, an urgent task. At the same time, enduring institutional features of the British economy and polity are also having important influences on socio-economic processes. The result is a complex mosaic of uneven development, which belies the notion of simplistic regional contrasts. Rather than simply mapping spatial inequality, "A United Kingdom?" charts the processes underpinning uneven development at a range of scales and for a number of key topics. The book draws upon and synthesises the latest contemporary research findings and places emphasis on the interrelated nature of economic, social and political geographies. It treats the human geographies of the UK in a coherent and integrated way, and asks whether contemporary processes of change are tending towards the reduction of socio-spatial divisions or their reproduction in new forms.
| ISBN | 034067752X | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780340677520
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 001 | | Publisher | Hodder Education | | Weight (grammes) | 497 | | Imprint | Hodder Arnold | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Hodder Arnold Publication | | Publication date | 23 Oct 1999 | | Height (mm) | 242 | | Non-book description | 288 | | Width (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | HC256.5.U4 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 304.20941 | | Academic level | Undergraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Figures | | | | | | Tables | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | Ch. 1 | | Cartographies and Geographies | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | A Place in the World I | | 20 | | Ch. 3 | | The Reconfiguration of State Intervention | | 34 | | Ch. 4 | | Geographies of Production I: Deindustrialisation and Reindustrialisation | | 46 | | Ch. 5 | | Geographies of Production II: Sunbelts and New Industrial Spaces? | | 64 | | Ch. 6 | | Geographies of Labour Markets: Flexibility and Fragmentation | | 84 | | Ch. 7 | | Geographies of Money and Finance | | 101 | | Ch. 8 | | Class, Geography and Social Polarisation | | 115 | | Ch. 9 | | Spatial Divisions of Welfare | | 135 | | Ch. 10 | | Place and Political Mobilisation | | 153 | | Ch. 11 | | Subnational Government in the UK: Reconciling Function, Area and Local Democracy | | 168 | | Ch. 12 | | Managing Uneven Development: Philosophies, Policies and Impacts | | 180 | | Ch. 13 | | Sustainable Geographies? | | 199 | | Ch. 14 | | A Place in the World II: Millennial Prospects, Millenarian Visions | | 216 | | | | Bibliography | | 223 | | | | Index | | 245 |
This well priced book will find an audience of both students and lecturers/teachers across the discipline of human geography. An invaluable introduction to those studying the material for the first time, as well as an excellent summary (and reminder), to those having studied human geography at a general level prior to specializing. -- Area and Transactions This volume is a significant introduction for undergraduates to the fractured but, still, United Kingdom in which they will live their lives. It deserves widespread use. -- Scottish Geography Journal  Be the first to write a customer review
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