Gang labour in UK; Industrial ruination
Laurie Taylor discusses a ground-breaking study of urban decline in three different communities. Also, the rise of gang labour in the UK.
Industrial Ruination - the landscapes and legacies of post Industrial decline. Laurie Taylor talks to Alice Mah about her comparative study into urban dereliction in 3 contrasting contexts - Newcastle, Uk; Niagara Falls, Canada; and Ivanova, Russia. Also, the geographer, Kendra Strauss, discusses her research into the origins and rise of gang labour in the UK. She's joined by Ben Rogaly who has done extensive research into forced labour and exploitation in British horticulture.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Ben Rogaly
Professor of Human Geography, Sussex University
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Intensification of workplace regimes in British horticulture: the role of migrant workers
Population, Space and Place
Special Issue: International Migration to Non-Metropolitan Areas
Volume 14, Issue 6, pages 497–510, November/December 2008
DOI: 10.1002/psp.502
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Kendra Strauss
Lecturer and Fellow of Robinson College (Director of Studies for Geography), Cambridge University
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Antipode
Volume 45, Issue 1, pages 180–197, January 2013
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2012.00997.x
Alice Mah
Assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick
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Industrial Ruination, Community and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban DeclinePublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10: 1442613572
ISBN-13: 978-1442613577
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