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The urban and regional impacts of plant closures: New methods and perspectives
Beer, Andrew Weller, Sally Barnes, Tom Onur, Ilke Ratcliffe, Julie Bailey, David Sotarauta, Markku
Beer, Andrew
Weller, Sally
Barnes, Tom
Onur, Ilke
Ratcliffe, Julie
Bailey, David
Sotarauta, Markku
Abstract
Work on large-scale plant closures has provided a rich vein of scholarship and academic debate. This paper articulates a new set of methods and concepts for understanding how large-scale redundancies associated with the closure of manufacturing plants affects society and the economy at the local, regional and national scales. It posits the need for a more comprehensive exercise in data collection and experimentation with previously unused methods, including the application of discrete-choice experiments in order to understand better the choice and decision-making frameworks adopted by affected workers. The paper argues there is a need to integrate community-wide policy responses into the core of the analyses.
Keywords
plant closures, mass redundancies, precariousness, structural adjustment programmes, place leadership
Date
2019
Type
Journal article
Journal
Regional Studies, Regional Science
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Volume
6
Issue
1
Page Range
380-394
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Open Access Status
Open access
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access
Open