The Scottish Economy: A Living Book / Edition 1

The Scottish Economy: A Living Book / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1138960918
ISBN-13:
9781138960916
Pub. Date:
07/11/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
1138960918
ISBN-13:
9781138960916
Pub. Date:
07/11/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
The Scottish Economy: A Living Book / Edition 1

The Scottish Economy: A Living Book / Edition 1

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Overview

This book looks at the economy of Scotland from every angle - from the oil and gas sector to the labour market and education; from the country's financial sector to inequality and poverty, bringing together a team of experts in their fields to provide an assessment of the current state of the nation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138960916
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/11/2017
Series: Regions and Cities
Pages: 372
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kenneth Gibb is Professor of Housing Economics and the Director of Policy Scotland, both at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Duncan Maclennan CBE FRSE is Professor in Public Policy at the University of Glasgow and leads Policy Scotland’s work on cities. He is also Professor in the School of Management at St. Andrew’s University, UK.

Des McNulty is Deputy Director of Policy Scotland and Dean, Public Policy and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Michael Comerford, formerly of the University of Glasgow Urban Big Data Centre, now works as a data scientist for Agile Solutions, a Glasgow based information management consultancy, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

About the Authors

Foreword

Frances Carincross

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 The Scottish Economy: Background and Context

Ken Gibb, Des McNulty, Duncan Maclennan, Michael Comerford

Chapter 2 Key Historical Trends in the Scottish Economy

Jim Tomlinson

Chapter 3 The Contemporary Landscape of the Scottish Economy

David Bell

Chapter 4 Fiscal Matters

John McLaren

Chapter 5 The Changing Scottish Population

Robert E. Wright

Chapter 6 Economic Policy Performance

Stephen Boyle

Chapter 7 Cities in the Scottish Economy: Patterns, Policies and Potentials

Duncan Maclennan, David Waite, Anton Muscatelli

Chapter 8 The Oil and Gas Sector

Jo Armstrong, John Maclaren

Chapter 9 Energy and Climate Change: Challenges and Policies

Grant Allan, Peter G. McGregor

Chapter 10 Changing Role of Women in the Scottish Economy

Jim Campbell, Emily Thomson

Chapter 11 Securing a Low Carbon and Circular Economy for Scotland

Dan Barlow

Chapter 12 The Education Sector in Scotland

Kristinn Hermannsson

Chapter 13 Inequality and Poverty in Scotland

Nick Bailey, Des McNulty

Chapter 14 Housing

Kenneth Gibb, Anthony O’Sullivan, Duncan Maclennan

Chapter 15 The Economy, Health and Well-being

Neil Craig, Cam Donaldson, Marissa Collins, Farouk Saeed

Chapter 16 The Scottish Financial Sector

Edward Trevillion

Chapter 17 Infrastructure and the Scottish Economy

Duncan Maclennan, Iain Docherty

Chapter 18 Local Government Finance

Kenneth Gibb, Linda Christie

Chapter 19 Scotland’s Rural Economies

Mark Shucksmith, Jane Atterton

Chapter 20 Government in Scotland

Sir John Elvidge

Afterword

Laurence Hunter

Index

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