The Political Geography of Contemporary Britain [electronic resource

List of Tables 2.1 State hegemony and Kondratieff cycles 3.1 Nationalist resurgence in Scotland and Wales: percentage share of the vote in selected UK general elections 3.2 Referenda on devolution, 1979 4.1 Inter-election changes in the percentage of the electorate voting for each party, 1979-87, by geographical region 4.2 Inter-election changes in the percentage of the electorate voting for each party, 1979-87, by functional region 4.3 Vote by perceptions of personal economic situation over the last twelve months and aggregated region 6.1 The decline of industrial employment, 1966-88 6.2 The changing regional impact of deindustrialisation in Britain 7.1 Employment in selected industries, 1978-84 8.1 Changes in trade union membership, 1974--85 8.2 Membership of the twenty largest TUC unions 1985-7 8.3 Employment change and union density by industry 9.1 Chronology of political and policy developments relating to racial segregation in Britain 10.1 Employment trends: Great Britain 1971-86 10.2 The gender division of labour in manufacturing and the service sector, 1986 ll.l The decline of Britain's railways, 1965-84 11.2 British Rail's receipt of government grant aid 11.3 Trends in HGV numbers and use ix x List of Tables 11.4 Car ownership and use in Britain 11.5 The development of car ownership in Britain 11.6 Local authority areas in Britain at the extremes of car ownership rates 11.7 Transport expenditures, 1975-84The editor and publishers wish to thank the following who have kindly given permission for the use of previously published or copyright material: Basil Blackwell Ltd for the use of a diagram from Losing the Fight Against Crime, edited by R. Kinsey, J. Lea and J. Thatcherism And The New Politics / Andrew Gamble -- Britain's Changing Role In The World-economy / Peter J. Taylor -- Nationalisms In A Disunited Kingdom / James Anderson -- The Changing Electoral Geography Of Great Britain / R.j. Johnston And C.j. Pattie -- The Crisis Of Local Government : Uneven Development And The Thatcher Administrations / Mark Goodwin And Simon Duncan -- Deindustrialisation And State Intervention : Keynesianism, Thatcherism And The Regions / Ron Martin -- Rewriting History And Reshaping Geography : The Nationalised Industries And The Political Economy Of Thatcherism / Ray Hudson -- The Changing Geography Of Trade Unions / Doreen Massey And Joe Painter -- The Politics Of 'race' And A New Segregationism / Susan J. Smith -- Women In Thatcher's Britain / Linda Mcdowell -- Transport Policy : Off The Rails? / John Whitelegg -- The Political Geography Of Housing In Contemporary Britain / Chris Hamnett -- Commercialisation And Centralisation : Towards A New Geography Of Health Care / John Mohan -- Policing The Recession / Nicholas R. Fyfe -- Environmental Politics And Policy In The 1980s / Philip Lowe And Andrew Flynn. Edited By John Mohan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 280-296) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Thatcherism and the New Politics....Pages 1-17 Britain’s Changing Role in the World-Economy....Pages 18-34 Nationalisms in a Disunited Kingdom....Pages 35-50 The Changing Electoral Geography of Great Britain....Pages 51-68 The Crisis of Local Government: Uneven Development and the Thatcher Administrations....Pages 69-86 Deindustrialisation and State Intervention: Keynesianism, Thatcherism and the Regions....Pages 87-112 Rewriting History and Reshaping Geography: the Nationalised Industries and the Political Economy of Thatcherism....Pages 113-129 The Changing Geography of Trade Unions....Pages 130-150 The Politics of ‘Race’ and a New Segregationism....Pages 151-171 Women in Thatcher’s Britain....Pages 172-186 Transport Policy: Off the Rails?....Pages 187-207 The Political Geography of Housing in Contemporary Britain....Pages 208-223 Commercialisation and Centralisation: Towards a New Geography of Health Care....Pages 224-237 Policing the Recession....Pages 238-254 Environmental Politics and Policy in the 1980s....Pages 255-279 Back Matter....Pages 280-303 ...a well conceived book..[which] will be of great value to those wishing to gain an overview of policy changes in the UK in the last decade. The material should be particularly useful in providing a springboard for seminar discussion in a wide range of disciplines.' Steven Pinch, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. ... A well conceived book..[which] will be of great value to those wishing to gain an overview of policy changes in the UK in the last decade. The material should be particularly useful in providing a springboard for seminar discussion in a wide range of disciplines.' Steven Pinch, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research This series of essays on the state of modern British politics examines Thatcherism and government policies in relation to many topical subjects, such as trade unionism, employment for women, housing, racism, policing, industrialization, local government and environmental issues.