D<sc>awley</sc> S., M<sc>arshall</sc> N., P<sc>ike</sc> A., P<sc>ollard</sc> J. and T<sc>omaney</sc> J. Continuity and evolution in an old industrial region: the labour market dynamics of the rise and fall of Northern Rock, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The Northern Rock mortgage bank was a high-profile casualty of the credit crunch in 2007. An...

TOMANEY J., PIKE A. and CORNFORD J. (1999) Plant closure and the local economy: the case of Swan Hunter on Tyneside, Reg. Studies 33, 401-411. This paper seeks to describe and account for the closure of a Tyneside shipyard and to illuminate the wider issues concerning plant closure and the local...

Pike A., Rodriguez-Pose A. and Tomaney J. (2007) What kind of local and regional development and for whom?, Regional Studies 41, 1253-1269. This paper asks the question, what kind of local and regional development and for whom? It examines what is meant by local and regional development, its...

Competitive European Peripheries, H. Eskelinen and F. Snickars (Eds), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1995). viii + 267 pp. No price given. ISBN 3 540 60211 9. An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition? S. Hardy, M. Hart, L. Albrechts and A. Katos (Eds), Jessica Kingsley, London (1995). 342 pp....

In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Andy Pike of the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, present a critique of the UK Government's strategy of attracting inward investment on the assumption that it will establish a 'demonstration effect'....

This article looks at the possible implications of English regional government for the promotion and provision of healthcare. Elected assemblies may allow more locally tailored policies aimed at reducing health inequalities, which vary substantially between regions. They may also increase the...

The paper examines the evolving pattern of regional governance in the English regions since 1997. Only from the middle of 2000 did government policy move beyond the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and Regional Chambers established in 1998. Enhanced funding and budgetary flexibility for RDAs...