Urban Renaissance?
New Labour, Community and Urban Policy
Published on 21. May 2003
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-86134-381-9 (ISBN)
Description
New Labour came to power in 1997 with a commitment to the renaissance of Britain's cities. As Prime Minister Tony Blair declared (1998): "Over the last two decades the gap between these worst estates and the rest of the country has grown - it shames us as a nation, it wastes lives and we all have to pay the costs of dependency and social division". This book documents and assesses the core of New Labour's approach to the revitalisation of cities, that is, the revival of citizenship, democratic renewal, and the participation of communities to spearhead urban change. In doing so, the book explores the meaning,and relevance, of "community" as a focus for urban renaissance. It interrogates the conceptual and ideological content of New Labour's conceptions of community and, through the use of case studies, evaluates how far, and with what effects, such conceptions are shaping contemporary urban policy and practice. The book should be an important text for students and researchers in geography, urban studies, planning, sociology, and related disciplines.
It will also be of interest to officers working in local and central government, voluntary organisations, community groups, and those with a stake in seeking to enhance democracy and community involvement in urban policy and practice.
It will also be of interest to officers working in local and central government, voluntary organisations, community groups, and those with a stake in seeking to enhance democracy and community involvement in urban policy and practice.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is original as it is the first to really grapple with post-1997 urban policy. Urban renaissance? delivers new contributions in terms of our grounded understandings of community within Blair's urban Britain." Martin Jones, University of Wales AberystwythMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7ill.10tabs.2M.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86134-381-9 (9781861343819)
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Persons
Rob Imrie is Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Mike Raco is Lecturer in Economic Development in the Department of Geography at the University of Reading.
Content
Part One: The role of community in urban policy - debates: The importance of community in urban policy Rob Imrie and Mike Raco; Social capital and neighbourhood renewal Ade Kearns; Community regeneration and the discursive construction of 'urban renaissance' Loretta Lees; Part Two: Community involvement in urban policy - the evidence: Addressing urban exclusion through community involvement in urban regeneration: possibilities and constraints Rob Atkinson; Community participation in multi-level urban governance Annette Hastings; 'Pathways to integration': community involvement in urban regeneration on Merseyside Richard Meegan; Community action and partnerships for urban regeneration - new sites of struggle? Peter North; Contradictions in 'tackling social exclusion' in communities: issues of redistribution, recognition and respect in a Single Regeneration Project in Blackbird Leys estate, Oxford Zoe Morrison; Community, disability and the discourses of the Single Regeneration Budget Claire Edwards; Citizenship, community and participation in small towns: a case study of regeneration partnerships Mark Goodwin; Economy, equity or empowerment? Urban policy evaluation and discourses of community involvement Stuart Wilks-Heeg; Part Three: The future for community in urban policy: The new urban policy: towards empowerment or incorporation? Allan Cochrane; Assessing the prospects for community involvement in urban policy: will 'community' remain a meaningful term? Mike Raco.