Disadvantaged by Where You Live? : Neighbourhood Governance in Contemporary Urban Policy.
Material type: TextPublisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781847422514Subject(s): Community development, Urban -- Great Britain | Local government -- Great Britain | Urban policy -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disadvantaged by Where You Live? : Neighbourhood Governance in Contemporary Urban PolicyDDC classification: 307.34160941 LOC classification: HT178.G7D57 2007Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Disadvantaged by where you live? -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the contributors -- Introduction -- Theories of 'neighbourhood' in urban policy -- Neighbourhood as a new focus for action -- Under construction - the city-region and the neighbourhood -- More local than local government -- Neighbourhoods, democracy and citizenship -- Community leadership cycles and neighbourhood governance -- Neighbourhood governance and diversity -- Mainstreaming and neighbourhood governance -- Evaluation, knowledge and learning in neighbourhood governance -- The future of neighbourhoods in urban policy -- Glossary -- Index.
Disadvantaged by where you live? offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997.
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