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This article utilises International Relations role theory to analyse a number of potential roles for the United Kingdom as an actor with vested interests in the South Atlantic. It assesses the contemporary context of the UK's trading relationship with the South Atlantic in light of the ongoing dialogue between the EU and the UK with regard to BREXIT. It also recognises the strategic realities of the South Atlantic and the UK's Overseas Territories in the region. It posits that the UK, as a strategic actor in the South Atlantic, is limited in its role choices and that the role of 'Opportunistic Partner' in terms of its relationship with Argentina, offers the most scope as the basis for future mutually beneficial trading relations to normalise further political relations between the two countries.

While structural change and regional differences in the pattern of employment specialisation are widely perceived to be significant factors in accounting for disparities in the labour market performance of regions in the United Kingdom, there have been relatively few recent attempts to gather detailed evidence on this issue. The current study aims to fill this gap by examining the effects of structural change and associated changes in the pattern of employment specialisation on three key indicators of regional labour market performance: the rate of employment growth, the unemployment rate and the rate of non-employment. The findings indicate that while industry structure has statistically significant effects on regional labour market performance, the quantitative significance of these effects is relatively small.

"Während der letzten dreißig Jahre ist im UK die Beteiligung verschiedener Industrien an der Erwerbslosigkeit beträchtlichem Strukturwandel unterworfen gewesen, dessen Ausmaß erhebliche Unterschiede von einer Region zur anderen aufwies. In diesem Aufsatz wird Liliens Index sektoraler Verschiebungen benutzt, um die Häufigkeit strukturellen Wandels in sämtlichen Regionen zu belegen; darüber hinaus folgen wir Wren und Taylor (1999) bei der Berechnung von Maßstäben für den Umfang der Spezialisierung in der regionalen Erwerbstätigkeit. Diese Daten werden dann dazu benutzt, die Wirkung von Sektorenverschiebungen und Spezialisierung der Erwerbstätigkeit auf die Leistungsfähigkeit des Vorgangs zu untersuchen, in dem erwerbslosen Arbeitskräften verfügbare offene Stellen im regionalen Arbeitsmarkt vermittelt werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)