Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
The North ◽  
Income Inequalities ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Socially Excluded ◽  
North And South

The chapter presents a spatial analysis of poverty and social exclusion using data from the Poverty and Social Exclusion survey 2012 based on the countries of the UK and the North and South of England. The PSE-UK survey results are discussed in the context of the geography of income inequalities within EU countries and recent shifts in inequalities within the UK. The PSE-UK survey data reveal that the North of England is the most socially excluded part of the UK. The capacity of regional economic development policies, UK and EU, to address the UK's territorial inequalities is discussed. The chapter argues that current forms of devolution are very limited in what they can do to compensate for the lack of economic development and powers to address poverty and social exclusion through income redistribution and service provision remain marginal.

scholarly journals Anthropocene and “Development”: Intertwined Trajectories Since the Beginning of The Great Acceleration

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 400-413
Author(s):  
Marina Dantas de Figueiredo ◽  
Fábio Freitas Schilling Marquesan ◽  
José Miguel Imas
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Model ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The North ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Global North ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Great Acceleration ◽  
North And South

ABSTRACT Objectives: We aim to propose the thesis that the trajectories of the Anthropocene and the current mainstream understandings of development are intertwined from the beginning. It means that the Anthropocene and the “development” are coetaneous: the implementation of development policies for the so-considered underdeveloped regions started to happen at the same time of what is known as The Great Acceleration of production, consumption and environmental degradation in a global level. Method: In this conceptual paper, we adopt a decolonial critique as an analytical lens and argue that different geopolitical positions may be necessary for approaching the issue of the Anthropocene from epistemological reflections that can include the cultural and political context of the production and reproduction of local knowledge. Results: Our theoretical argumentation sheds light on the role of Global North and South relations in shaping the environmental crisis. Latin America (LA) exemplifies the modus operandi of the intertwinement of the practical effects of development policies and the environmental consequences underlying the Anthropocene, in which natural resources are over-explored to satisfy export-oriented trade, from the South toward the North. LA is not only a propitious context to show the validity of our thesis, but also the source of alternatives to such developmental model. Conclusion: The emphasis on development as a cause of the Anthropocene supports The Great Acceleration thesis. The proposition of the name Developmentocene comes from the thesis that development and Anthropocene are coetaneous, the intertwinement of both resulting in the very definition of the new epoch.

scholarly journals Comparing the development of Local Industrial Strategies across the Northern Powerhouse: Key emerging issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-315
Author(s):  
John Shutt ◽  
Joyce Liddle
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Step Change ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
The North ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Shared Information ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Uk

Will the UK Industrial Strategy deliver anything substantial to the North of England? This article examines the faltering steps taken to develop Local Industrial Strategies by Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities and argues Place Leadership and Industrial Strategy will both need to be substantially re-galvanised after COVID 19. It is also still not clear if a significant step change can be made by the Johnson Conservative government of 2019, which will have a major impact on Northern economies. Agencies’ capacity to intervene in the Northern economy and deliver is a major issue, alongside stronger leadership. Analytically the paper uses theory on Multi-Sectoral Collaboration and Place Leadership to show how uniqueness of place, past and current interpersonal connections and networks can facilitate or frustrate economic development. Place leaders must create institutional arrangements, seek agreement over visions, objectives and strategies, otherwise the lack of shared information, resources, activities and capabilities lead to ‘contestation’ over space and action. We analyse the levels of cohesion or contestation in four different localities as each develops a Local Industrial Strategy.

scholarly journals A System Dynamics Simulation to Estimate Roundabout Entry Capacity by Adopting Three Different Methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Raquim N. Zehawi
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
The North ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transportation Agencies ◽  
North And South ◽  
Observation Period

Many models were introduced to estimate the  roundabout entry capacity from 1980s until  now. In the United States, transportation  agencies adopted three different models from  1994 until 2010. The Austroads, the UK, and  the HCM 2010 methods. In this paper, these  three methods were used to analyze the field  traffic data of Al-Quds roundabout, located  near Baqubah City, simultaneously by utilizing  a system dynamics model. The collected data  included turning movements, circulating flows,  and field calculated entry capacities whenever  possible during the observation period which  lasted for 14 consecutive hours. A comparison  is then conducted on the resulting entry capacities and their variation over time. The  results showed that the calculated capacity  according to Austroads method is the highest at all times while the UK method was always a little lower and the HCM 2010 method was  always the least on all entries. The UK method  capacity estimates were the closest to the field  measured capacities for they returned the least  RMSE on all entries. Field capacities showed some tendency towards the Austroads results  in the north and south bound entries which  carry about 66% of the total traffic. While, field capacities showed more proximity  towards the HCM capacity results in the east  and the west bound entries which carry 34% of  the total traffic.

scholarly journals Social Exclusion and Austerity Policies in England: The Role of Sports in a New Area of Social Polarisation and Inequality?

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Collins ◽  
Rein Haudenhuyse
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Leisure Sports ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Socially Excluded

Poverty still counts as the core of social exclusion from sport and many other domains of people’s lives. In the first part of this paper, we shortly describe the recent poverty trends in England, and identify groups that are more at-risk of being poor and socially excluded. We then focus on the relationship between poverty, social exclusion and leisure/sports participation, and describe a case study that addresses young people’s social exclusion through the use of sports (i.e., <em>Positive Futures</em>). Although further analysis is warranted, it would seem that growing structural inequalities (including sport participation)—with their concomitant effects on health and quality of life—are further widened and deepened by the policy measures taken by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the UK. In addition, within a climate of austerity, sport-based social inclusion schemes are likely to become wholly inadequate in the face of exclusionary forces such schemes envision to combat.

The V-Fields, Blocks 49/16, 49/21/, 48/20a, 48/25b, UK North Sea

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 861-870
Author(s):  
James Courtier ◽  
Hugh Riches
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
The North ◽  
Recoverable Reserves ◽  
Production Wells ◽  
Exploration Drilling ◽  
Structural Relief ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gas Fields ◽  
North And South

AbstractThe Vulcan, Vanguard, North and South Valiant gas fields are collectively known as the V-Fields and lie on the eastern flank of the Sole Pit Basin in the southern sector of the UK North Sea. They are contained within blocks 49/16, 49/21, 48/20a and 48/25b and are operated by Conoco (UK) Ltd. The first field to be discovered was South Valiant, in 1970, and the initial phase of exploration drilling continued until 1983, with the discovery of the North Valiant, Vanguard and Vulcan fields. Prominent faults and dip closures define the limits of the fields and gas is contained within aeolian sands of Early Permian age. The gross average reservoir thickness is approximately 900 ft with porosities ranging from 3-23% and permeabilities varying from 0.1 mD to 2 Darcies in producing zones. The development of the V-Fields consisted of drilling centrally located production wells in each field, targeting higher quality reservoir zones in areas of maximum structural relief. Initial gas-in-place is estimated at 2.6 TCF with recoverable reserves of about 1.6 TCF. The fields were brought on-stream in October 1988 and currently produce, as of November 1999, up to 260MMSCFD of gas through the LOGGS complex to the Conoco terminal at Theedle-thorpe, Lincolnshire.

To the Richest Go the Spoils? Immigration, Development, and the North-South Divide, 1970–2005

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-292
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Global South ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The North ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Global North ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
North And South

This paper empirically assesses, for the first time, the relationship between immigration and national economic development in both the global North and the global South. A series of panel models demonstrate that immigration exacerbates North-South inequalities through differential effects on average per capita incomes in the global North and global South. Immigration has positive effects on average incomes in both the North and the South, but the effect is larger in the global North. Thus the relationship between immigration and development evinces a Matthew Effect at the world level: by contributing to differential levels of economic development in the North and South, immigration widens international inequalities in the long term, resulting in the accumulation of advantage in the North. The implications of the results are discussed in the context theory and policy on the migration-development nexus.

Are Looked after Children Socially Excluded?

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Axford
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Socially Excluded

The concept of social exclusion has become ubiquitous in the discourse of children's services in the UK over the last ten years. But is it a useful concept? Nick Axford sets out a definition of social exclusion and examines the extent to which it applies to looked after children, since they are commonly referred to as being ‘excluded’ or ‘vulnerable to exclusion’. He discusses the implications for how service providers define and help these children and for how childhood social exclusion is studied.

scholarly journals Universities and Economic Development Activities

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira Decter ◽  
Frank Cave ◽  
Mary Rose ◽  
Gill Peers ◽  
Helen Fogg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovation Fund ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fourth Round ◽  
Education Business

A number of UK universities prioritize economic development or regeneration activities and for some of these universities such activities are the main focus of their knowledge transfer work. This study compares two regions of the UK – the North West and the South East of England – which have very different levels of economic performance. Quantitative data from the UK government's Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey are used to track economic development funding and activity from universities in these two regions. Strategy documents prepared for the fourth round of the government's Higher Education Innovation Fund are analysed to aid interpretations. Elements of evolutionary theory are used to explore the reasons for the differences and a case study of one university programme, Leading Enterprise and Development, is provided as an illustrative example.

Reflections on the Task Force Model in Economic Development

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Pike
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Force Model ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
The Uk

The task force has re-emerged as a mechanism for co-ordinating economic development activity in the con text of the current New Labour administration's emphasis upon including ‘stakeholders’ in ‘joined-up’ approaches to ‘crosscutting’ issues. Recent experience in the North East region of England reveals both prospects an d problems in the way task forces have been utilised at employer, sectoral an d territorial levels to organize economic development. Improvements are suggested to the task force model that involve integrating it more closely within a strategic and proactive region al economic development framework and ensuring its accountability within the multi-level governance structures for economic development emerging in the UK.

Facing forwards, looking backwards: Coming to terms with continuing uneven development in Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The North ◽  
Political Response ◽  
The Uk ◽  
North And South ◽  
The Eu

At a time of major changes in the geography of the global economy, and following the major financial and economic crises of 2007/2008, the European Union (EU) is marked by deepening uneven economic development, between and within the territories of its 28 (for now) member states. This is one expression of neo-liberalisation as the dominant political force in the EU, combined with deep austerity policies in response to the crises of 2007/2008. Within the Eurozone, a common currency without a common fiscal policy further intensified inequalities, especially between the economies of the north and south of the EU. These developments had profound political ramifications as the promise of increasing economic growth and material well-being has been rudely shattered for many people and unemployment, poverty and ill-being have burgeoned in many parts of the EU. The political response to this – in ways reminiscent of the 1930s – has been a resurgence of regressive virulent right-wing nationalisms, sometimes with fascistic tendencies, as people have come to see the EU, and neoliberal globalisation, as inimical to their interests. This tendency has been further intensified by inflows of migrants and refugees, many in response to neo-imperialist ventures in the Middle East. This is most starkly (so far) the case in the UK, leading to the British Exit from the European Community (BREXIT) vote to leave the EU. There are counter-tendencies, locally based political movements that espouse a more humane social democratic model of the EU, but there seems little chance of these cohering politically to challenge the dominant view.

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