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The Scottish economy is at the heart of contemporary constitutional
and public policy debates. This substantial new edited collection,
the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis for more than 60
years, is a timely update on the classic volume of the same name
edited by Sir Alec Cairncross in 1954. It is data rich, and offers
links to updatable data and leading indicators of the Scottish
economy including measures of public finances, distributional
evidence and growth. Readers will find a series of easy to follow
chapters covering the Scottish economy from every angle - oil and
gas, health, education, finance, rural Scotland, inequality,
climate change, gender and work, housing, infrastructure and
cities. Each sector-based chapter explores the main issues, draws
out key empirical facts and considers policy challenges that lie
ahead. This book includes: an historical account of the development
of the Scottish economy; the trajectory of economic policy in
Scotland; reviews of the current fiscal position and the wider
economic landscape; and also an intriguing insight into the
emerging distinctive approach to Scottish public policy. This book
brings together evidence and high quality research by experts on
the Scottish economy in a politically neutral, accessible and
non-technical way. The volume will assist readers in navigating
their way through the many political debates about constitutional
and economic futures that are underway in modern Scotland and the
UK. A website also exists to accompany The Scottish Economy -
www.scottisheconomy.scot. In today's inter-connected world, it
makes sense to have a book on the Scottish economy supplemented by
online access to important data, information and evidence as a
means of keeping material current.
This rare interdisciplinary combination of research into
neighbourhood dynamics and effects attempts to unravel the complex
relationship between disadvantaged neighbourhoods and the life
outcomes of the residents who live therein. It seeks to overcome
the notorious difficulties of establishing an empirical causal
relationship between living in a disadvantaged area and the poorer
health and well-being often found in such places. There remains a
widespread belief in neighbourhood effects: that living in a poorer
area can adversely affect residents' life chances. These chapters
caution that neighbourhood effects cannot be fully understood
without a profound understanding of the changes to, and selective
mobility into and out of, these areas. Featuring fresh research
findings from a number of countries and data sources, including
from the UK, Australia, Sweden and the USA, this book offers fresh
perspectives on neighbourhood choice and dynamics, as well as new
material for social scientists, geographers and policy makers
alike. It enriches neighbourhood effects research with insights
from the closely related, but currently largely separate,
literature on neighbourhood dynamics.
Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been
published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more
deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents' life
chances over and above the effect of their individual
characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects academic and
policy interest in this topic, but also the fact that we are still
no closer to answering the question of how important neighbourhood
effects actually are. There is little doubt that these effects
exist, but we do not know enough about the causal mechanisms which
produce them, their relative importance in shaping individual's
life chances, the circumstances or conditions under which they are
most important, or the most effective policy responses.
Collectively, the chapters in this book offer new perspectives on
these questions, and refocus the academic debate on neighbourhood
effects. The book enriches the neighbourhood effects literature
with insights from a wide range of disciplines and countries.
This rare interdisciplinary combination of research into
neighbourhood dynamics and effects attempts to unravel the complex
relationship between disadvantaged neighbourhoods and the life
outcomes of the residents who live therein. It seeks to overcome
the notorious difficulties of establishing an empirical causal
relationship between living in a disadvantaged area and the poorer
health and well-being often found in such places. There remains a
widespread belief in neighbourhood effects: that living in a poorer
area can adversely affect residents' life chances. These chapters
caution that neighbourhood effects cannot be fully understood
without a profound understanding of the changes to, and selective
mobility into and out of, these areas. Featuring fresh research
findings from a number of countries and data sources, including
from the UK, Australia, Sweden and the USA, this book offers fresh
perspectives on neighbourhood choice and dynamics, as well as new
material for social scientists, geographers and policy makers
alike. It enriches neighbourhood effects research with insights
from the closely related, but currently largely separate,
literature on neighbourhood dynamics.
Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been
published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more
deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents' life
chances over and above the effect of their individual
characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects academic and
policy interest in this topic, but also the fact that we are still
no closer to answering the question of how important neighbourhood
effects actually are. There is little doubt that these effects
exist, but we do not know enough about the causal mechanisms which
produce them, their relative importance in shaping individual's
life chances, the circumstances or conditions under which they are
most important, or the most effective policy responses.
Collectively, the chapters in this book offer new perspectives on
these questions, and refocus the academic debate on neighbourhood
effects. The book enriches the neighbourhood effects literature
with insights from a wide range of disciplines and countries.
The Scottish economy is at the heart of contemporary constitutional
and public policy debates. This substantial new edited collection,
the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis for more than 60
years, is a timely update on the classic volume of the same name
edited by Sir Alec Cairncross in 1954. It is data rich, and offers
links to updatable data and leading indicators of the Scottish
economy including measures of public finances, distributional
evidence and growth. Readers will find a series of easy to follow
chapters covering the Scottish economy from every angle - oil and
gas, health, education, finance, rural Scotland, inequality,
climate change, gender and work, housing, infrastructure and
cities. Each sector-based chapter explores the main issues, draws
out key empirical facts and considers policy challenges that lie
ahead. This book includes: an historical account of the development
of the Scottish economy; the trajectory of economic policy in
Scotland; reviews of the current fiscal position and the wider
economic landscape; and also an intriguing insight into the
emerging distinctive approach to Scottish public policy. This book
brings together evidence and high quality research by experts on
the Scottish economy in a politically neutral, accessible and
non-technical way. The volume will assist readers in navigating
their way through the many political debates about constitutional
and economic futures that are underway in modern Scotland and the
UK. A website also exists to accompany The Scottish Economy -
www.scottisheconomy.scot. In today's inter-connected world, it
makes sense to have a book on the Scottish economy supplemented by
online access to important data, information and evidence as a
means of keeping material current.
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