• Preface Introduction
• 1. Perspectives
• 2. The Role of the State
• 3. Urban America: High Technology and Poverty
• 4. Urban Britain: Enterprise and Underclass
• 5. Local Government and Urban Policy in the United States
• 6. Local Government and Urban Policy in Britain
• 7. Incorporating Community Politics
• 8. Minorities: "Empowerment" and Dissent
• 9. Corporate Visions
• 10. Initiatives Beyond Charity
• 11. Whither the City.
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In both the United States and Britain, cities are undergoing changes which have intensified the divisions between regions, social classes and racial groups. These cities urgently need to develop new social, economic and political structures to meet both contemporary and future challenges. Concerned with urban change and the workings of the capitalist market, Fractured Cities describes how public choice and regulation theory addressed the market, particularly during the Reagan and Thatcher years. The theoretical and practical policy issues created by the conservative revolutions' have dramatically altered the political economy of the urban environment. Fractured Cities assesses the implications of social disorder and injustice and the attempts from both the public and private sectors to offset economic decline and social conflict.
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In both the United States and Britain, cities are undergoing changes which have intensified the divisions between regions, social classes and racial groups. These cities urgently need to develop new social, economic and political structures to meet both contemporary and future challenges. Concerned with urban change and the workings of the capitalist market, this book describes how public choice and regulation theory addressed the market, particularly during the Reagan and Thatcher years. The theoretical and practical policy issues created by the "conservative revolutions" have dramatically altered the political economy of the urban environment. The book links the economic workings of the market to the changes taking place in the urban context. It looks at the two-sided nature of urban change in relation to wide social, political and economic developments. The expansive aspects of the market economy and its tendency to move into recession have important social and political implications: * the polarisation of urban societies * the degree to which community groups are denied access to political power * the community-specific benefits of economic growth Fractured Cities assesses the implications of social disorder and injustice and the attempts from both the public and private sectors to offset economic decline and social conflict. The book concludes with an assessment of emerging structures and approaches designed to extend local participation. These are viewed within the context of environmental problems, the concept of "limits to growth" and the possibilities of different urban identities.
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• Introduction-- The twelve disadvantaged areas-- Historical poverty and the roots of decline-- The 1990s: decline and divergence-- Management failure-- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma-- Attempts at regeneration-- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal-- Making a difference?-- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships-- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy-- New solutions?-- The end of poverty street?
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Poverty Street addresses one of the UK's major social policy concerns: the gap between the poorest neighbourhoods and the rest of the country. It is an account of neighbourhood decline, a portrait of conditions in the most disadvantaged areas and an up-to-date analysis of the impact of the government's neighbourhood renewal policies. The book: explores 12 of the most disadvantaged areas in England and Wales, from Newcastle in the north to Thanet in the south, providing the reader with a unique journey around the country's poverty map; combines evidence from neighbourhood statistics, photographs and the accounts of local people with analysis of broader social and economic trends; assesses the effect of government policies since 1997 and considers future prospects for reducing inequalities. Poverty Street is an invaluable resource for academics, students, policy makers and practitioners interested in tracing the history of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, understanding their current problems and thinking about policy responses. Its unique coverage of a wide range of areas makes it a fascinating read for academics and students in urban studies, social policy and sociology, practitioners working to tackle social exclusion and individuals interested in the spatial dimensions of social policy.
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• Action and inaction in the cities, Susanne MacGregor and Ben Pimlott-- race, injustice, and disorder, John Benyon-- crime and policing, Robert Reiner-- the inner city battlefield - politics, ideology, and social relations, Susanne Macgregor-- living standards and health in the inner cities, Peter Townsend-- family life in inner cities, Hilary Land-- the implications of the reform of local government finance for the inner cities, John Gibson-- challenges for education - the needs of the urban disadvantaged, David Mallen-- housing conditions, problems, and policies, Nick Raynsford-- urban renaissance? the arts and the urban regeneration process, Franco Bianchini-- local economic strategies, Doreen Massey.
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When Mrs Thatcher began her third term, she announced her intention to do something about the inner cities. How far has she followed this through? What are the implications of her Government's initiatives? What is wrong with current policy and what alternative approaches should be sought? These are the questions considered in this topical collection of essays by experts in the field. The book brings together analyses and proposals from a range of disciplines. The contributors, who include John Benyon, John Solomos, Robert Teiner, Paul Corrigan, Peter Townsend and Hilary Land , have in common an impatience with the easy orthodoxies of Left and Right. The essays take an inter-disciplinary approach and are written in style accessible to the general reader. Each sets out recent trends, and describes the current context before offering guidelines for a change of direction in policy for the 1990s.
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• The post-war consensus and the purpose of planning-- the nature of Thatcherism-- re-orientating the state-- new right thinking - planning under siege-- modifications to the planning system - development plans-- modifications to the planning system - development control-- by-passing the planning system-- towards a simplified planning system-- the re-orientation of the planning system.
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The philosophy and the practice of urban planning has been transformed over the last decade. Apparently the victim of a strategy of erosion, the post-war comprehensive planning system has had to meet the challenge of the market. This book provides an evaluation of both political and planning theory and practice during the Thatcher period. Its conclusions examine not only the quality of urban life but on how Thatcherism has transformed British society.
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• Introduction - Analysing Urban Policy - Post-War Urban Problems and the Rediscovery of Poverty - First Steps: Urban Initiatives and Urban Problems in Early 1970s Britain - The Watershed? Urban Policy 1977-79 - Urban Problems Since
• 1979: The Conservative Approach - Reshaping the Policy Inheritance - Urban Initiatives Since
• 1979: Innovation and Consolidation - Urban Planning Under the Conservatives - Local Government and Urban Policy - Race, Urban Policy and Urban Initiatives - Conclusion.
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Government attempts to regenerate Britain's cities have taken a variety of overt and covert forms since 1945. This comprehensive and clearly written text provides a theoretical framework within which to understand urban policy and assesses the evolution of Conservative approaches to the revitalisation of urban areas under Thatcher and Major. Key legislation is reviewed and major consideration is given to the impact on urban policy of New Right principles, such as reliance on 'the market'.
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