'Defence closure and job losses. The case of Swan Hunter on Tyneside' in J Tomaney & N Ward (eds), A Region in Transition. North East England at the millenium

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Author(s) Tomaney, John, Andy Pike & James Cornford
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2001
Pages pp61-81
Publisher Ashgate Publishing
Place Published Aldershot

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Name Government procurement
Name Worker / employee management inc control

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the so called 'defence dividend' at the end of the Cold War and the reduction of expenditure on armaments manufacture which affected businesses such as Swan Hunter leading to its closure; the survey of Swan Hunters' skilled workforce then made redundant to determine their new employment pattern