ABSTRACT
Consumer Services have been viewed as parasitic activities, dependent on other sectors of the economy for their viability and vitality. Yet local economic policy is now looking towards consumer services to solve severe economic problems. The rapid expansion of the service sector is now a principal feature of contemporary global economic restructuri
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I MOTORS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
chapter 2|15 pages
DOES MANUFACTURING MATTER? DEINDUSTRIALIZATION AND TERTIARIZATION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Deindustrialisation and tertiarization in the global economy
part |2 pages
Part II THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC CONSUMER SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN REGENERATING BRITISH LOCALITIES
part |2 pages
Part III LOCALITY CASE STUDIES
chapter 11|21 pages
BEYOND STEEL CITY: CONSUMER SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
Consumer services and economic development in Sheffield
chapter 15|12 pages
CONCLUSIONS: RETHINKING CONSUMER SERVICES AND LOCAL ECONOMIC
Rethinking consumer services and local economic development
