Lessons for the big society : planning, regeneration, and the politics of community participation / by Bryan Fanning and Denis Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fanning, Bryan.

Contributor:

Dillon, Denis.

Series:

Urban and regional planning and development.

Urban and regional planning and development series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--England--London.

Community life.

Haringey (London, England)--Politics and government--Citizen participation.

Haringey (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book uses the London Borough of Haringey case study as a lens through which to explore the evolution of theoretical and policy debates about the relationship between local institutions and the communities they serve. It focuses on policy areas of planning and regeneration. It provides concrete examples of the ways in which shifting academic debates, policy and political approaches have impacted on a specific place over the past 30 years

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Participation in Theory and Practice; 3 Local Politics in Haringey; 4 Institutional Perspectives on Community Participation; 5 Spatial Inequality and Community Planning Elites; 6 Community Activism, Localism and Anti-Municipalism; 7 Community Capacity, Regeneration and Neighbourhood Renewal; 8 Lessons for the Big Society; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-315-59224-X

1-317-10561-3

1-317-10560-5

1-283-28188-0

9786613281883

1-4094-2069-8

9781315592244

OCLC:

756484170