{"title":"Tackling the UK’s regional economic inequality: binding constraints and avenues for policy intervention","authors":"Anna Stansbury, D. Turner, Ed Balls","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2250745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2250745","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46532057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Levelling-up beyond the metropolis: is the UK government’s preferred governance model appropriate?","authors":"P. Hildreth, David Bailey","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2233931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2233931","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45768456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Capitalism divided? London, financialisation and the UK’s spatially unbalanced economy","authors":"R. Martin, P. Sunley","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2217655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2217655","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46609011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“A modern research profession’: government social research, evidence-based policymaking and blind spots in contemporary governance research","authors":"Julian Molina, J. Connolly","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2221249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2221249","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43894511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Balancing the incentives in English higher education: the imperative to strengthen civic influence for levelling up*","authors":"C. Millward","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2219664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2219664","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43226545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Levelling Up? That’s never going to happen’: perceptions on Levelling Up in a ‘Red Wall’ locality","authors":"L. Telford","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2207555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2207555","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47759777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"England’s catch-22: institutional limitations to achieving balanced growth through devolution","authors":"C. Hoole, S. Collinson, J. Newman","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2203122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2203122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47006088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Levelling up policies and the failure to learn","authors":"D. Coyle, Adam Muhtar","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2197877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2197877","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60141794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Bailey, Lisa de Propris, A. de Ruyter, D. Hearne, R. Ortega-Argilés
{"title":"Brexit, trade and UK advanced manufacturing sectors: a Midlands’ perspective","authors":"David Bailey, Lisa de Propris, A. de Ruyter, D. Hearne, R. Ortega-Argilés","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2192700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2192700","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper examines how Brexit has impacted on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers in the UK Midlands, and to what extent such firms are reconfiguring their supply chains with the increase in trade barriers with Brexit. To do this, the paper aims to add to macro studies in the area by using a mixed-methods approach that combines descriptive quantitative analysis of secondary data with a complementary qualitative research analysis based on a novel interview dataset. The latter is generated from 14 semi-structured interviews conducted in late 2021 with senior managers and directors in advanced manufacturing firms across the East and West Midlands regions of the UK. A key finding of this paper is that the imposition of new non-tariff barriers through Brexit has proved particularly challenging to smaller firms in manufacturing supply chains. The findings of our research highlight the need for policy support for smaller firms engaging in EU-wide supply chains, particularly around skillsets and access to talent, cost reduction for exports and facilitating trade.","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":"45 9-10","pages":"250 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41288550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People, places and policies beyond Brexit","authors":"Dave Bailey, D. Hearne, Leslie Charles Budd","doi":"10.1080/21582041.2023.2216185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2023.2216185","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46484,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Science","volume":"18 1","pages":"125 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41637288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}