The Recession and Beyond

How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of the recession on people and places and how it has affected local authorities in the UK and other OECD countries. The volume makes a fresh contribution to understanding local economic development and governance by providing a unique perspective and original data on the way local authorities have dealt with the recent economic shock across countries.

David Bailey is Professor of International Business and Economic Development at Coventry University Business School, UK. Caroline Chapain is a Lecturer at the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the Birmingham Business School, UK.

1. The Recession and Beyond: Local and Regional Responses to the Downturn David Bailey and Caroline Chapain Part 1: The Recession and its Local and Regional Impacts in the UK 2. The Spatial Impacts of the Recession Naomi Clayton 3. The Impact of the Recession on Businesses Nigel Berkeley, David Jarvis and Jason Begley 4. The Impacts of the Recession on Workers and Communities Caroline Chapain 5. Impacts of The Recession on Local Authorities Caroline Chapain and Craig Renney Part 2: Local and Regional Responses in Context in England 6. A Framework for Analysing local Authorities' Responses to the Recession Caroline Chapain, David Bailey and Alex Burfitt 7. Local and Regional Responses to Recession in Context: Setting the Scene in the UK David Bailey, Chris Collinge and Andrew Coulson 8. Local Authorities Working in Partnerships: Panacea or False Dawn? Andrew Coulson and Martin Willis 9. Support for Business Nigel Berkeley, David Jarvis and David Bailey 10. Support for Workers and Communities Gill Bentley and Caroline Chapain 11. Fighting Unemployment, Local Authorities, the Third Sector and Value-for-Money in the UK Robert Dalziel 12. Withstanding the Cuts: How Local Authorities Continue to Prevent Crime in Times of Recession and Government Cuts Eileen Dunstan 13. The Importance of Place Heike Doering Part 3: Local and Regional Responses: International Perspectives 14. Recession, Recovery and Reinvestment. The Role of Local Economic Leadership in a Global Crisis: The Barcelona Principles in Practice Greg Clark and Joe Huxley 15. A French Région in Crisis: The Response of Local Authorities to the Recession in the Région Midi-Pyrénées in France Denis Eckert, Fabrice Escaffre and Josselin Tallec 16. Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on Municipalities in Canada Eric Champagne 17. Local Government and Economic Shock Within a Federal System: The Australian Case Andrew Beer