The International Steel Industry (Routledge Library Editions: Modern World Economy) - Hardcover

Hudson, Ray; Sadler, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138630683 ISBN 13: 9781138630680

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Originally published in 1989. The international steel industry suffered a major decline after the onset of world recession in 1973, perhaps suffering more plant closures and job losses than any other sector. This book analyses the decline, surveying the various factors which have contributed to it, such as changing production strategies, changes in demand and world trade and changing regional production trends. It goes on to examine the impact of decline on steel-making communities, considering the various local, national and international initiatives to assist the affected areas and the way these initiatives have been devised and implemented. The authors conclude that none of these policies has satisfactorily resolved the crisis in the old steel producing areas and that a major crisis in these areas continues. Finally they discuss the social and political options open to these localities for the future.

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Ray Hudson, David Sadler

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138630683
• ISBN 13: 9781138630680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 178