Poverty Street - The Dynamics of Neighbourhood Decline and Renewal

Poverty Street addresses one of the UK's major social policy concerns: the poverty gap between the worst neighborhoods and the rest of the country. It is an account of neighborhood decline, a portrait of conditions in the poorest areas and an up-to-date analysis of the impact of the British government's neighborhood renewal policies.

List of contents

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?

About the author

Ruth Lupton is a Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Lupton, Ruth (University of Manchester) Lupton
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2003
• EAN: 9781861345356
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-535-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 236 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy; Case Studies on Poverty, Place; Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories