The key aim of this new book is to show how economic decline has always been a highly politicised concept, forming a central part of post-war political argument

Shrinking Cities: Understanding Shrinkage and Decline in the United States offers a contemporary look at patterns of shrinkage and decline in the United States.

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Essays by leading scholars present a novel and systematic analysis of the economic difficulties confronting the United States.

Goldfield provides a statistical and historical examination of the erosion of unionization in the private sector. Based on National Labor Relations Board data,