Regional Policy in Britain

• Introduction Part 1: The Background 1. The Case for a Policy of Regional Development 2. Economic Theory and the Regional Problem Part 2: The Development of Policy 3. Pre-War Policy 4. Post-War Policy to 1960 5. Regional Policy since 1960 6. Changes in Regional Disparities Part 3: An Appraisal of Policy Measures 7. Structural versus Locational Disadvantages 8. The Choice of Policy Measures 9. Growth Areas: The Case for Concentration 10. Regional Planning 11. British Policy and the European Community Part 4: Conclusion

Reviews of the original edition:"An excellent and comprehensive account of the evolution of regional policy in Great Britain. It is divided into three roughly equal parts concerned with the case for a regional policy, how policy has developed with some appraisal of effects and a critical evaluation of different policy measures. A great deal of specialised work in this field is pulled together." The Economic Journal"Dr McCrone is to be congratulated on this balanced, rational and lucid survey: it will be most useful to students, regional planners, officials and politicians....The outstanding quality of the book is that, whilst it is comprehensive and scholarly, many of Dr McCrone's own reflections give fresh insight into some of the more confused issues which face the regional policy maker." Public Administration"Dr McCrone's excellent and indispensable book is...a work of great scholarship." The Political Quarterly"The best study of regional planning in Britain yet published...a wealth of argument and information...it is very readable." Economics"Gavin McCrone has written just the book everyone needed: a comprehensive and succinct account...It is a book that can confidently be recommended to any student of the subject." Regional Studies