The urban and regional impacts of plant closures: new methods and perspectives. Issue 1 (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beer, Andrew; Weller, Sally; Barnes, Tom; Onur, Ilke; Ratcliffe, Julie; Bailey, David; Sotarauta, Markku
• Is Part Of: Regional studies, regional science. Volume 6:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 380
• Page End: 394
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: plant closures -- mass redundancies -- precariousness -- structural adjustment programmes -- place leadership; R58 -- I15 -- J18 -- J68; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional economics -- Periodicals; Regional economics; Regional planning; Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1622440
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-1376

Abstract

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.