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Bahadur, A V (2014) Policy climates and climate policies: analysing the politics of building resilience to climate change, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
Dair, C M (2000) An evaluation of the UK regulatory system for the redevelopment of contaminated land, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
Drewer, S P (1978) Traditional industry in modern capitalist economies: A study of the construction sector in France and the United Kingdom, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: construction sector; economic analysis; UK
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.453994
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PREFACE: Possibly my interest in construction is genetic. I was born into a family with a long tradition of male employment in the traditional building craft skill of joiner. Lacking as I was in the necessary skills to follow in this tradition, I was trained as a civil engineer. For a period of fifteen years, I was employed as an engineer by some of the largest contractors in the United Kingdom, on major construction projects. In 1968, I severed my direct involvement with construction activity in order to study economics at the University of Sussex. When encouraged by Stuart Holland to continue with graduate research I was reluctant to base the research on the sector from which I thought I had escaped. It was as a consequence of a series of stimulating discussions with the late Professor D.A. Turin that the idea of this study became attractive. Turin's own passionate interest in the economic analysis of construction activity was contagious. I did not anticipate the production of the definitive work on the economics of the construction sector, neither was I a disciple of "some by now defunct economist". This set of activities, which collectively make such a significant contribution to both national economic and social life, appear to have been neglected by economists. A great deal of research has taken place into specific aspects of construction, mainly with a technical bias. Housing as a special problem has also been extensively researched, but with only limited attention to the production stage. I wanted my contribution to be the development of a methodological basis for articulating an understanding in a modern capitalist economy, of the construction sector as a whole. With this in mind, I have developed a view of the sector which analyses the site production phase of total construction activity in relation to the social, political, and other institutional factors, which influence aggregate output of the sector, and the structure of that output. It could be argued that I have adopted a too eclectic approach. But a detailed understanding of some specific aspect of the sector is constrained if it lacks a coherent understanding of the manner in which the sector, as a whole, responds to and accommodates, its environment. There have been few attempts to research the construction sector from this viewpoint; which is both good and bad for the potential research. Good in that the field is wide open for new research. Bad in that there is not sufficient research or analysis from which one's arguments can be critically developed. I apologise in advance to those whose work I have used as a critical base for certain parts of my work. The scarcity has tended to result in a "hatchet job" being performed, unfairly perhaps, on those who have worked in this area.
Gann, D M (1993) Innovation in the built environment: The rise of digital buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
Jagger, N S B (2017) Skill requirements of the low carbon transition, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Science and Technology Policy Research Unit , University of Sussex.
McCutcheon, R (1979) Modern construction technology in low-income housing policy: The case of industrialised building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
Trill, J E (2003) The application of occupational performance standards in the construction industry: 'Factors influencing their use', Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sussex.
Vine, R (2018) The intelligent client: learning to govern through numbers at Heathrow, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex.