With the UK still facing the repercussions of the 2007 economic downturn, Coe and Jones' text is a timely, engaging discussion of the key issues facing the UK economy from a purely geographical perspective, written by some of the leading academics in the field.

Preface - Doreen MasseyPart I: Setting the Scene: Uneven Economic GeographiesIntroduction: the shifting geographies of the UK economy? - Neil M. Coe and Andrew JonesPersistent North/South divides - Danny DorlingUneven regional growth: the geographies of boom and bust under New Labour - Ron MartinPart II: Landscapes of Power, Inequality and FinanceThe City and finance: changing landscapes of power: - John AllenBanking on financial services - Shaun French, Karen Lai and Andrew LeyshonThe geography of UK government finance: tax, spend and what lies between - Steve MussonState and economy: governing uneven development in the UK - Andy Pike and John TomaneyHousing and the UK economy - Chris HamnettThe geographical pension gap: understanding patterns of inequality in UK occupational pensions - Kendra Strauss and Gordon ClarkPart III: Landscapes of Production and CirculationThe changing geographies of manufacturing and work: Made in the UK? - Ray HudsonBusiness services: driving the knowledge-based economy in the UK? - James FaulconbridgeAgricultural restructuring and changing food networks in the UK - Brian Ilbery and Damian MayeThe shifting geographies of UK retailing - Neil WrigleyUK energy dilemmas: energy security and climate change - Michael BradshawPart IV: Landscapes of Social Change Restructuring UK labour markets: work and employment in the twenty-first century - Kevin WardNew migrant divisions of labour - Jane Wills, Cathy McIlwaine, Kavita Datta, Jon May, Joanna Herbert and Yara EvansThe UK economy and the transformation of East Central Europe - Alison StenningCoda: The UK Economy in an era of globalization - Neil M. Coe and Andrew Jones