Regional Success After Brexit The Need for New Measures

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Economics of industrial organization; Brexit; economic re-balancing; Economics; industrial strategy; manufacturing; north-south divide; regional economics; regional policy; Scotland; West Midlands
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 The Brexit vote has thrown up issues of the sharp regional disparities that divide the UK. The vote has been seen as a protest by those who felt left behind by globalization and hence a need for government policy to address regional disparities. As a result there has been a re-emergence of interest in an active industrial strategy. Using Scotland as a case study, this book argues that the contribution of regions outside the capital relative to London is under-reported. using the West Midlands as a second case study, the book posits that manufacturing is more important to the UK than financial services and that key to a successful strategy of economic re-balancing is a need to ensure adequate skills provision and essential infrastructure. The book will examine potential policy developments in the light of Brexit that would lead to economic re-balancing in the post-Brexit era.