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  • The Evolution of UK Regional Policy

    Lessons from the Past for a Policy Fit for the Future

    Edited by Ron Martin ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Regional policies intended to reduce geographical inequalities in economic prosperity and performance across the UK date back to 1928. Yet, today, the UK has one of the highest levels of spatial economic inequality of any of the OECD nations. Many of today’s lagging regions and cities are the same as in the 1920s and 1930s, and these have been joined by other economically disadvantaged areas. This ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • Too Small to Win: How a Small-Town Team Beat All Odds in One of the Greatest Underdog Stories in the History of Sports

    by Ron Martin, Randy Lowe ...
    You wouldn't think a tiny place like Caldwell, Ohio—a village with three traffic lights and a population under 2,000 in the Appalachian foothills –-would become a cross country hotbed. But in the 1980's, a group of determined young runners from this small rural town, defied the odds, fought their way to the top, and went on to be recognized as the best high school boys cross country team in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tier 3: Ten Under-appreciated Attractions at Walt Disney World

    by Ron Martin ...
    The Magic You Might MissTier 3: Ten Under-appreciated Attractions at Walt Disney World is a deep dive into those attractions that no one talks about. The history of each attraction is discussed in detail, from concept to opening to evolution. Each attraction is given a detailed walkthrough, with even the most minor changes over the years pointed out and assessed. The possible future of each ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Money Mastery for Young Adults Made Easy

    by Ron Martin, CPA ...
    If you envision financial freedom in your future but can't escape the swirling black hole of economic confusion, remain calm… The blueprints for your escape pod have been drawn up.Are you a young adult teetering on the precipice of financial responsibility and independence, and you have no clue where to start?Perhaps you're a parent, watching nervously as your child dives headfirst into the world ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Levelling Up Left Behind Places

    The Scale and Nature of the Economic and Policy Challenge

    by Ron Martin, Ben Gardiner, Andy Pike, Peter Sunley, Peter Tyler ...
    Series series Regional Studies Policy Impact Books
    This book aims to understand the predicaments of ‘left behind places’ and the scale of the policy challenge of ‘levelling up’ their economic prosperity. Drawing out lessons of wider international significance, it examines how places (cities, towns and localities) have grown apart over recent decades amidst deindustrialisation, post-industrial transition and the disruptive shocks of the global ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Clusters and Regional Development

    Critical Reflections and Explorations

    Edited by Bjorn Asheim, Philip Cooke, Ron Martin ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations.Over the past decade the ‘cluster model’ has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Economy

    Critical Essays in Human Geography

    Edited by Ron Martin ...
    Economic geographers have always argued that space is key to understanding the economy, that the processes of economic growth and development do not occur uniformly across geographic space, but rather differ in degree and form as between different nations, regions, cities and localities, with major implications for the geographies of wealth and welfare. This was true in the industrial phase of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Regional Development in the 1990s

    The British Isles in Transition

    Edited by Ron Martin, Peter Townroe ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    This book documents the changing nature and challenge of regional development in Britain and Ireland in the final decade of this century. In the first half of this book, region-by-region profiles review the experience of the eighties and reflect on the present climate, assessing problems and opportunities. The second half provides 25 commentaries on changes influencing the development of regions ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Critical Mass

    The Extremely Dangerous Life of an Emergency Nurse

    by Ron Martin ...
    A young man postpones a promising sports career and declines college scholarships, instead joining the US Marines to fight a war against an unknown enemy in the lush jungles of Viet Nam. Only after returning home does he discover his military training and skills will be required even more to survive the asphalt jungles of America. With recurring flashbacks to the music and turbulence of the ’60s, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Unemployment and Social Exclusion

    Landscapes of Labour inequality and Social Exclusion

    Edited by Sally Hardy, Paul Lawless, Ron Martin ...
    Series series Regions and Cities
    Persistent high employment and growing labour market inequality have become entrenched features of many European countries. This edited collection of papers focuses on the regional and local dimensions of these problems across the European union as a whole and, more particularly, in the UK. In the addressing the contemporary landscape of unemployment, social exclusion and public policy the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Apples and Oranges

    by Ron Martin ...
    Apples and Oranges is a story taken from the Bible and made new and alive. Its a story that begins with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Eves encounter with the evil serpent, and the eating of the forbidden fruit that would eventually cause Adam and Eves departure from Paradise. Later on in the story we read about Cain and Abel and how Abel was killed by Cain. And still later the adventure of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Putting Workfare in Place

    Local Labour Markets and the New Deal

    by Peter Sunley, Ron Martin, Corinne Nativel ...
    Series Book 74 - RGS-IBG Book Series
    This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK.Argues that profound differences in local labour market conditions have exerted a telling influence on the New Deal’s achievementsIncludes extensive new research data on the current ... Read more

    $80.00 USD