Deindustrial Pasts and Present Inequalities: An Oral History of Deindustrialisation and Experiences of Ageing

去工业化的过去和现在的不平等：去工业化的口述历史和老龄化经历

• 批准号: ES/V006533/1
• 负责人: Andy Clark
• 金额: $ 30.22万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV006533%2F1
• 关键词: Deindustrial; Pasts; Present; Inequalities; Oral

This project will examine the relationships between contemporary inequalities in later life and experiences of manufacturing decline in the later 20th century. The links between the decline of industry (deindustrialisation) and inequality are well recognised, both in the UK and internationally. In their latest report on English Indices of Deprivation, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2019) stated that deprivation remains highly concentrated in 'areas that have historically had large heavy industry manufacturing and/or mining sectors'. A similar pattern is evident in other areas of the UK (Perchard, 2013; Strangleman, 2013), Western Europe (Clarke, 2013; Bracke, 2019) and North America (Linkon, 2018; High, 2018). In almost every locality where industrial production was once dominant and declined rapidly in the later 20th century, these patterns of inequality and deprivation are evident. Deindustrialisation is therefore a historic event, but remains a pervasive social force in shaping inequalities. Deprivation and its impacts across the lifecourse is also an urgent concern for scholars and policy-makers investigating inequalities and disadvantage in later life. Social gerontologists such as Fuller-Iglesias (2009) assert that multiple disadvantages have a 'cumulative effect on outcomes in later life', including in subjective wellbeing, physical and mental health, life expectancy, financial security, living environment, and social connectivityBy assessing the socio-economic legacies of deindustrialisation, and its ongoing influence, I hypothesise that deindustrialisation - as a historical event and a contemporary social force - contributes significantly to accumulative dis/advantage and later life experiences within former industrial communities. This project will utilise oral history interviewing to interrogate the relationships between deindustrialisation on ageing and inequalities in later life. It bridges academic and policy interests from across the social sciences, engaging with oral history, ageing studies, and deindustrialisation studies to adopt a methodologically novel approach to understanding the accumulation of inequality and disadvantage across the lifecourse.Geographically, this project focuses on Tyne and Wear in the North East of England, which suffered extensively following the decline of staple industries of ship building, coal mining and others (Mah, 2010). The research adopts an innovative approach by utilising the ongoing epidemiological Newcastle Thousand Families Study (NTFS), a birth cohort that has run since 1947. Interviewees will be recruited from the cohort based on their experiences of employment and deindustrialisation. Those not represented in that cohort (all members are White British) are recruited to examine the intersectional dynamics of inequalities in later life and the impact of socio-economic rupture on different social groups. Utilising Tyne and Wear as a representative case study, the research framework, methods, and outputs can fundamentally change the way that academics and legislators approach inequalities in ageing and later life experiences in deprived former industrial communities.

这个项目将研究当代不平等之间的关系，在以后的生活和经验的制造业衰落在世纪后期。工业衰退（去工业化）和不平等之间的联系在英国和国际上都得到了充分的认可。住房、社区和地方政府部（2019年）在其关于英国贫困指数的最新报告中指出，贫困仍然高度集中在“历史上拥有大型重工业制造业和/或采矿业的地区”。类似的模式在英国（Perchard，2013; Strangleman，2013），西欧（Clarke，2013; Bracke，2019）和北美（Linkon，2018; High，2018）的其他地区也很明显。在几乎每一个工业生产曾经占主导地位并在世纪后期迅速衰落的地方，这些不平等和剥夺的模式都很明显。因此，去工业化是一个历史性事件，但仍然是形成不平等的普遍社会力量。延迟及其对整个生命过程的影响也是学者和政策制定者调查晚年生活中不平等和不利因素的一个迫切关注的问题。社会老年学家，如富勒-伊格莱西亚斯（2009年）断言，多种不利因素对晚年的结果有"累积效应"，包括主观幸福感，身心健康，预期寿命，经济保障，生活环境和社会联系通过评估去工业化的社会经济遗产，及其持续的影响，我假设，去工业化-作为一个历史事件和当代社会力量-有助于显着积累的缺点/优势和以后的生活经验，在前工业社区。这个项目将利用口述历史访谈来询问老龄化和晚年生活不平等之间的关系。它将社会科学领域的学术和政策利益联系起来，与口述历史、老龄化研究和去工业化研究相结合，采用一种方法论上新颖的方法来理解整个生命过程中不平等和劣势的积累。从地理上看，该项目侧重于英格兰东北部的泰恩和威尔，该地区在造船等主要工业衰落后遭受了广泛的影响，煤炭开采和其他（Mah，2010年）。这项研究采用了一种创新的方法，利用了正在进行的流行病学纽卡斯尔千个家庭研究（ESTA），一个出生队列，自1947年以来一直运行。受访者将根据他们的就业和去工业化经验从队列中招募。那些没有代表在该队列（所有成员都是白色英国人）被招募来研究不平等的交叉动态在以后的生活和社会经济破裂对不同的社会群体的影响。利用泰恩和磨损作为一个代表性的案例研究，研究框架，方法和输出可以从根本上改变学者和立法者的方法在老龄化和以后的生活经验，在被剥夺的前工业社区的不平等。