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The Socio-Political Challenges of Medium Sized Cities
December 10th 2010
Claus Moser Research Centre, Keele University
This ESRC seminar explored the question of whether there are specific social and political challenges confronting post-industrial medium-sized cities. In particular, the seminar explored issues related to the challenges of worklessness, health inequalities and weak capacity of local political institutions to respond to these and other challenges.
Speakers and presentations:
| Speaker | Presentation title | Document download |
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Alex Fenton Cambridge University |
High-unemployment neighbourhoods in weak labour markets: change or persistence over 25 years? | Fenton presentation |
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Stephen Syrett Middlesex Business School |
Deprived neighbourhoods in medium -size cities: the challenge of tackling concentrated worklessness' | Syrett Presentation |
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Calum Paton Keele University |
Health Politics, Policy and Governance | Paton presentation |
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Michael Tappin Former Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
The Governance Challenge for Stoke-on-Trent | Tappin presentation |
