Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
Reihe: Regions and Cities
A Living Book
Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
Reihe: Regions and Cities
ISBN: 978-1-138-96091-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
The Scottish economy is at the heart of contemporary constitutional and public policy debates. This substantial new edited collection, the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis for more than 60 years, is a timely update on the classic volume of the same name edited by Sir Alec Cairncross in 1954. It is data rich, and offers links to updatable data and leading indicators of the Scottish economy including measures of public finances, distributional evidence and growth.
Readers will find a series of easy to follow chapters covering the Scottish economy from every angle – oil and gas, health, education, finance, rural Scotland, inequality, climate change, gender and work, housing, infrastructure and cities. Each sector-based chapter explores the main issues, draws out key empirical facts and considers policy challenges that lie ahead. This book includes: an historical account of the development of the Scottish economy; the trajectory of economic policy in Scotland; reviews of the current fiscal position and the wider economic landscape; and also an intriguing insight into the emerging distinctive approach to Scottish public policy.
This book brings together evidence and high quality research by experts on the Scottish economy in a politically neutral, accessible and non-technical way. The volume will assist readers in navigating their way through the many political debates about constitutional and economic futures that are underway in modern Scotland and the UK.
A website also exists to accompany The Scottish Economy - www.scottisheconomy.scot. In today's inter-connected world, it makes sense to have a book on the Scottish economy supplemented by online access to important data, information and evidence as a means of keeping material current.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
About the Authors
Foreword
Frances Carincross
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Scottish Economy: Background and Context
Ken Gibb, Des McNulty, Duncan Maclennan, Michael Comerford
Chapter 2 Key Historical Trends in the Scottish Economy
Jim Tomlinson
Chapter 3 The Contemporary Landscape of the Scottish Economy
David Bell
Chapter 4 Fiscal Matters
John McLaren
Chapter 5 The Changing Scottish Population
Robert E. Wright
Chapter 6 Economic Policy Performance
Stephen Boyle
Chapter 7 Cities in the Scottish Economy: Patterns, Policies and Potentials
Duncan Maclennan, David Waite, Anton Muscatelli
Chapter 8 The Oil and Gas Sector
Jo Armstrong, John Maclaren
Chapter 9 Energy and Climate Change: Challenges and Policies
Grant Allan, Peter G. McGregor
Chapter 10 Changing Role of Women in the Scottish Economy
Jim Campbell, Emily Thomson
Chapter 11 Securing a Low Carbon and Circular Economy for Scotland
Dan Barlow
Chapter 12 The Education Sector in Scotland
Kristinn Hermannsson
Chapter 13 Inequality and Poverty in Scotland
Nick Bailey, Des McNulty
Chapter 14 Housing
Kenneth Gibb, Anthony O’Sullivan, Duncan Maclennan
Chapter 15 The Economy, Health and Well-being
Neil Craig, Cam Donaldson, Marissa Collins, Farouk Saeed
Chapter 16 The Scottish Financial Sector
Edward Trevillion
Chapter 17 Infrastructure and the Scottish Economy
Duncan Maclennan, Iain Docherty
Chapter 18 Local Government Finance
Kenneth Gibb, Linda Christie
Chapter 19 Scotland’s Rural Economies
Mark Shucksmith, Jane Atterton
Chapter 20 Government in Scotland
Sir John Elvidge
Afterword
Laurence Hunter
Index
