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Plant Closure and the Local Economy: The Case of Swan Hunter on Tyneside

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John Tomaney, Andy Pike, James Cornford

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TOMANEY J., PIKE A. and CORNFORD J. (1999) Plant closure and the local economy: the case of Swan Hunter on Tyneside, Reg. Studies 33, 401-411. This paper seeks to describe and account for the closure of a Tyneside shipyard and to illuminate the wider issues concerning plant closure and the local economy. It begins by reviewing the relevant literature and suggests the need for a political economy of plant closure and its aftermath, informed by insights from economic sociology and institutional economics. The paper attempts to integrate an understanding of the political and economic context of the demise of the shipyard with a study of the labour market impact of its closure. The argument is that the complexities of the yard's closure and its local economic consequences can be better understood when the political and economic context of the sociological production and institutionally framed character of redundancy are revealed. TOMANEY J., PIKE A. et CORNFORD J. (1999) La fermeture d'usine et l'économie locale: étude de cas de Swan Hunter dans la région de Tyneside, Reg. Studies 33, 401-411. Cet article cherchè a présenter et à expliquer la fermeture d'un chantier naval situé dans la région de Tyneside et à éclaircir les questions plus importantes concernant la fermeture d'usine et l'économie locale. Pour commencer, on fait la critique de la documentation pertinente et on indique qu'il faut une économie politique relativè a la fermeture d'usine et à ses conséquences, informée des idées venant de la sociologie économique et de l'institutionnalisme. De plus, cet article cherchè a intégrer une compréhension du contexte politico-économique du déclin du chantier à une étude des conséquences de la fermeture sur le marché du travail. On soutient que l'on peut mieux comprendre les complexités de la fermeture du chantier et ses conséquences économiques locales au moment où le contexte politico-économique de la production sociologique et les caractéristiques du licenciement, élaborés sur le plan institutionnel, se voient dévoiler. TOMANEY J., PIKE A. und CORNFORD J. (1999) Werksschließung und örtliche Wirtschaft: der Fall Swan Hunter in Tyneside, Reg. Studies 33, 401–411. Dieser Aufsatz sucht die Schließung einer Schiffswerft in Tyneside zu beschreiben und zu erklären, und die weitreichenden, mit Werksschließung und Wirtschaftslage des Ortes verknüpften Fragen zu erhellen. Es wird zunächst die diesbezu ¨gliche Literatur besprochen, und nahe gelegt, daß Bedarf an einer Volkswirtschaft der Werksschließungen und ihrer Auswirkungen besteht, die sich an Einsichten der Wirtschaftssoziologie und institutionellen Ökonomie orientiert. Der Aufsatz versucht, Verständnis des politischen und wirtschaftlichen Zusammenhangs des Untergangs der Schiffswerft mit einer Studie der Auswirkung dieser Schließung auf den Arbeitsmarkt zu verbinden. Es wird die Ansicht vertreten, daß die Komplexität der Werftschließung und ihre wirtschaftlichen Folgen besser verstanden werden können, wenn der politische und wirtschaftliche Zusammenhang der soziologischen Produktion sowie der institutionalle Rahmen der Arbeitslosigkeit ans Licht kommen.

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Volume (Year): 33 (1999)
Issue (Month): 5 (July)
Pages: 401-411
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Keywords: Plant Closure Local Economy Shipbuilding Tyneside;

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  1. Hilditch, Peter J, 1990. "Defence Procurement and Employment: The Case of UK Shipbuilding," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(4), pages 483-96, December.
  2. H. A. Stafford & H. D. Watts, 1991. "Local Environments and Plant Closures by Multi-locational Firms: A Cross--cultural Analysis," Regional Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 25(5), pages 427-438, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Martin, R L, 1982. "Job Loss and the Regional Incidence of Redundancies in the Current Recession," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 6(4), pages 375-95, December.
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