From “Infant Hercules” to “Ghost Town”: Industrial Collapse and Social Harm in Teesside

Luke Telford; Anthony Lloyd

doi:10.1007/s10612-020-09523-3

From “Infant Hercules” to “Ghost Town”: Industrial Collapse and Social Harm in Teesside

Luke Telford^*, Anthony Lloyd

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This article explicates the harms associated with deindustrialization in Teesside in the North East of England in the context of neoliberalism. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews (n = 25), the article explores how ongoing industrial collapse, typified by Sahaviriya Steel Industries’ (SSI) closure in 2015, has generated various harms. First, the article examines industrialism’s socioeconomic security and stability. It then explores the negative impact of SSI’s closure in 2015, including a sense of loss and unemployment. Next, it demonstrates how the absence of economic stability produces harmful outcomes, namely insecurity, mental health problems and bleak visions of the future. The article concludes by casting industrial ruination as an impediment to human flourishing; the normal functioning of capitalism represents a “negative motivation to harm” that prevents the stability and security necessary for individual and collective flourishing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	595-611
Number of pages	17
Journal	Critical Criminology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
Early online date	1 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-020-09523-3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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