Population growth in the UK: an issue for political debate and policy intervention?
Coole, Diana (2012) Population growth in the UK: an issue for political debate and policy intervention? Politics 32 (1), pp. 21-30. ISSN 0263-3957.
Abstract
Although population growth in the UK is currently arousing widespread popular concern, political scientists have tended to ignore the issue while political elites are manifestly reluctant to address it. In this article I consider a number of recent reports that both recognise the challenges posed by increasing numbers and ignore or reject the possibility of including a population dimension in policy responses. In particular, the article offers a detailed analysis of a recent Royal Commission's report on the environmental impact of demographic change in order to explore the reasons for this antipathy.
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Item Type: | Article |
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School: | School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Politics |
Research Centres and Institutes: | British Politics and Public Life, Centre for |
Depositing User: | Administrator |
Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2014 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2016 15:24 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11163 |
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