The North East is one of Britain’s most disadvantaged regions. This area, where wealth was generated from coal, steel and engineering during the Industrial Revolution, has struggled to progress at the same rate as regions in Southern England. With a reliance on public sector services, the North East is set to be one of the hardest hit areas after Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The North East after Brexit arises from new research and activities at Northumbria University to shape the future of public sector management in the region. Across a range of new themes and governance, work is focused on how public sector agencies can work better together to shape the Northern economy in the future. The North East is a key partner in the Northern Powerhouse involving three northern regions and is designed to rebalance the northern economy in the UK and bridge the chasm between north and south. This important text is set within the context of the Northern Powerhouse; a highly complex and challenging concept that demands the development of new partnerships across the regions, and the need for collaborative working across city regions in the north.
With a focus on Brexit and austerity as key drivers of change, this invaluable text contributes to debates in the region surrounding employment changes and policy directions in a post- Brexit world. It will prove to be an essential read for policy makers, government researchers and those working in the fields of public sector leadership and management.Joyce Liddle is a Professor of Public Leadership and Enterprise, Director of Research and Innovation and John Shutt is a Professor of Public Policy and Management. Both are located at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK.
PART ITHE IMPACTS OF DEVOLUTION ON THE NORTH EAST Chapter 1. An underpowered Northern Powerhouse: infrastructure in the ungovernable North; Nicola Headlam
Chapter 2. Combined Authorities and Governance in the Northern Powerhouse: Critical Issues and What Next?;Joyce Liddle and John Shutt
Chapter 3. The NHS Plan and the Importance to the North East Region; Debbie Porteous
PART IITHE IMPACTS OF BREXIT AND KEY POLICY AREAS
Chapter 4. Developing a post-Brexit economy: challenges for the North East of England; Ignazio Cabras
Chapter 5. Industrial Strategies and the North: Will an industrial strategy and a new local industrial strategy deliver something new? David Charles
Chapter 6. BREXIT and Devolution: A View from 'North of the Tyne' and the Anglo-Scottish Borderlands; Keith Shaw
Chapter 7. The North East as a tourism destination: A hidden gem?; Tom Mordue
Chapter 8. Small Firms and Innovation in North East: Can we create more dynamism?; Michele Rusk
PART IIITHE PUBLIC SECTOR AND NEXT STEPS AFTER BREXIT
Chapter 9. Whose Business Growth is it anyway? Co-producing a new approach to business support for the North; Rob Wilson
Chapter 10. Developing Public Sector Entrepreneurship in the Universities: Accelerating Innovation in the North; James Cunningham
Chapter 11. Research Knowledge and Exchange and Impact: the experience of a university partnership in North East England; John Mawson and Martyn Griffin
Chapter 12. The Future of Public Administration, Teaching and Research in the North East; Lorraine Johnstone and Ian Elliott
Chapter 13. Developing a focus on future research for the region; Joyce Liddle and John Shutt
Joyce Liddle is a Professor of Public Leadership and Enterprise, Director of Research and Innovation at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. She was previously Professor of Public Leadership and Management at IMPGT, Aix-Marseille Université and is a graduate of the Universities of Durham and Warwick.
John Shutt is Professor of Public Policy and Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. He is a graduate of Leeds Beckett, Birmingham and Cardiff Universities. He was previously a Visiting Professor at the College of Business and Management at Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) in Hangzhou, China.John and Joyce are working together at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University to establish a new Centre for Northern Public Sector Governance to lead research and teaching in Public Sector Management.