Table of Contents:
  • PART I: THE ECONOMY IN TRANSITION
  • 2. Situating the North East in the European Space Economy / David Charles and Paul Benneworth
  • 3. Defence Closure and Job Loss: The Case of Swan Hunter on Tyneside / John Tomaney, Andy Pike and James Cornford
  • 4. Working in the Business Family: Micro-business Livelihoods in the North East and the South East of England / Susan Baines and Jane Wheelock
  • PART II: POLITICS AND CULTURE IN TRANSITION
  • 5. Region-Building in the North East: Regional Identity and Regionalist Politics / Chris Lanigan
  • 6. Pride and Prejudice: Two Cultures and the North Eastʹs
  • Transition
  • Peter Fowler, Mike Robinson and Priscilla Boniface
  • 7 The Restructuring of Young Geordiesʹ Employment,
  • Household and Consumption Identities / Robert Hollands
  • PART III ENVIRONMENT AND COUNTRYSIDE IN TRANSITION
  • 8. A Sociological Perspective on Air Quality Monitoring in Teesside / Peter Phillimore, Suzanne Moffatt and Tanja Pless-Mulloli
  • 9. The ʹRuralʹ in the ʹRegionʹ: Towards an Inclusive Regional Policy for the North East / Neil Ward and Philip Lowe
  • 10. Local Interests, Regional Needs or National Imperative? The Otterburn Question and the Military Training in Rural Areas / Rachel Woodward