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The economy of Northern Ireland

perspectives for structural change

Plot

The essays in this collection focus on the need for a radical rethink of economic policy in Northern Ireland. The central theme of the collection is that Northern Ireland needs a regional policy based on the creation of an agglomeration economy. This, in turn, requires the back-up of a regional institutional framework.To create such a framework Northern Ireland needs new structures of governance, based on further disconnection from the mainland.Contributors: J.E. Birnie, Vani Borooah, Robert Clulow, Celia Davies, Douglas Hamilton, Mark Hart, Norma Heaton, D.M.W.N. Hitchins, Rory O'Donell, Gillian Robinson, Michael Smyth, Paul Teague, K. Wagner.