Deindustrialisation and the Moral Economy in Scotland since 1955

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Jim Phillips, Valerie Wright, Jim Tomlinson, University of Glasgow) Phillips, Jim (Professor in Economic & Social History, University of Glasgow) Wright, Valerie (Research Associate in Economic & Social History, University of Glasgow) Tomlinson, Jim (Professor of Economic and Social History

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Exploring the social, cultural and political implications of deindustrialisation in twentieth-century Scotland Examines deindustrialisation as long-running, phased and politicised processDraws on documentary source material from a range of industrial sectors, as well as transcripts from over 20 exclusive interviews with industry professionalsRelates Scottish Home Rule to long-running debates about economic security and working class welfareAnalyses longer history of deindustrialisation, with emergence of assembly goods manufacturing alongside shrinkage of established sectors such as shipbuilding Deindustrialisation is the central feature of Scotland's economic, social and political history since the 1950s, when employment levels peaked in the established sectors of coal, shipbuilding, metals and textiles, along with the railways and docks. This book moves analysis beyond outmoded tropes of economic decline and industrial catastrophe, and instead examines the political economy of deindustrialisation with a sharp eye on cultural and social dimensions that were not uniformly negative, as often assumed.Viewing the long-term process of deindustrialisation through a moral economy framework, the book carefully reconstructs the impact of economic change on social class, gender relations and political allegiances, including a reawakened sense of Scottish national identity. In doing so, it reveals deindustrialisation as a more complex process than the customary body count of closures and job losses suggests, and demonstrates that socioeconomic change did not just happen, but was influenced by political agency.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-05-22
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt418 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474479257

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Jim Phillips is Professor in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow, and author of Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century (Edinburgh University Press, 2019) and with Valerie Wright and Jim Tomlinson Deindustrialisation and the Moral Economy since 1955 (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). Valerie Wright is Research Associate in History the University of Glasgow, and co-author of High-Rise Homes, Estates and Communities in the Post-War Period (Routledge: London, 2020). Jim Tomlinson is Professor in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow, and author of Managing the Economy, Managing the People. Narratives of British Economic Life from Beveridge to Brexit (Oxford University Press, 2017).

List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; List of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart One: Understanding DeindustrialisationChapter 1. Deindustrialisation as Historical and Global PhenomenonChapter 2. The Moral Economies of DeindustrialisationChapter 3. Scotland and the Age of DeindustrialisationPart Two: The Politics of DeindustrialisationChapter 4. Fairfields, Govan: Shipbuilding and the Scottish NationChapter 5. Linwood, Renfrewshire: Car Manufacturing and Scotland’s Political DivergenceChapter 6. Timex, Dundee: Watches, Electronics and the Moral Economy Part Three: Legacy and EvaluationChapter 7. Deindustrialisation since the 1990sConclusion; Bibliography