Books by Colin C. Williams

This volume evaluates the contributions that consumer services can make to local economic development and revitalization. A broad range of consumer service industries are examined in turn: tourism, sports, universities, retailing and cultural industries.

The New Labour government has made an institutional turn, from doing things to people, to enabling them to do things for themselves. This self-help approach is most clear in areas such as health, pensions and education. This text explores how it can be applied to deprived urban neighbourhoods.

How will work be organised in the future? With its global perspective and critical approach, Re-Thinking the Future of Work provides not only an overview and examination of the array of competing visions, but also a radical rethink about the direction of change.

This book challenges many of the popular myths surrounding informal economic activities, offering a radical reconceptualisation of their extent, growth, location and nature as well as evaluating the contrasting policy options.