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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"de-industrialisation"”.
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An intergenerational ethnography of school disaffection in a post-industrial coal-mining area.
… of educational 'disaffection' in four former Derbyshire coal mining communities during a period of de-industrialisation, exploring the intersection between education and aspects of class, gender, community, culture and history particular to those communities. A key focus is the investigation …
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The contribution of First World city-regions to global sustainability: The case of transboundary externalities and planning in Auckland, New Zealand
… have radically transformed the course of development of city-regions worldwide. While the trajectory in the Third World remains that of maximising wealth creation at the expense of the environment, in the developed world, city regions have progressively taken the sustainable development …
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Is manufacturing the silver bullet engine of growth for South Africa?
This research paper is inspired by the developing country trap of South Africa, evidenced by over a decade of high inequality, high unemployment and stagnating economic growth. At the peak of industrialisation developed countries sustained economic growth, while developing countries experienced …
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Regional integration in SADC: the role of BRICS countries
… examine the influence of bilateral BRICS-SADC trade connections on SADC's regional economic integration. The issues that were explored included among others whether or not the SADC countries' trade relations with BRICS countries contribute to SADC's goal of promoting deeper regional economic …
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“Working out our melancholy, our muscles and our masculinities” Depression, anomie, alienation, commodity fetishism, body-modification and masculinity in a de-industrialised Northumbrian Town.
… A was once culturally and socio-economically defined by its coalmining industry. Town A’s last remaining mine closed around thirty years ago; at which point Town A became de-industrialised. Town A’s de-industrialisation, and subsequent, on-going transition from an industrial into a …
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Institutions, Government, and Development
After an introductory chapter on growth, development, institutions, and transition, this thesis presents three chapters on how institutions, government's policy priorities and policy responses affect economic development. Chapter II explores how various institutions are related to each other, what …
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Institutions, Government, and Development
After an introductory chapter on growth, development, institutions, and transition, this thesis presents three chapters on how institutions, government's policy priorities and policy responses affect economic development. Chapter II explores how various institutions are related to each other, what …
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Workplace resistance in a call centre environment
The growth and development of call centres in the UK has been one of the most significant economic trends to emerge following protracted de-industrialisation and the associated decline of the manufacturing base. In the period of this thesis for example (1999-2004), the call centre sector was the …
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In the shadow of Elisabeth: a history of the battle for Bilston Iron and Steelworks, c. 1967-1980
… Country, the onetime workshop of the world. The devastating closure of this profitable facility occurred despite a decade-long grassroots defence campaign spearheaded by local rank and file workers. Using previously unexplored primary source material and oral testimony, this thesis provides a …