| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Series |
Crime and Ethnography Series |
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Crime and ethnography series
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| Contents |
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introducing an Ethnography; 1. Introducing the estate; 2. Governing urban communities; 3. Constituting local problems; Part II: Living Here; 4. Narratives of decline and change; 5. Relating to others; 6. Relating to authorities; Part III: Working There; 7. Imagining and managing change; 8. Constituting community: the good, the bad and the ungovernable; Part IV: Conclusions; 9. Participation?; 10. Towards a governance of just sustainability; Appendix: Conducting interviews; References; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
This book tells the story of the process leading up to the demolition of a small council estate in the north of England and its subsequent regeneration. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it addresses the local governance of security and the ways in which the community engaged with attempts to improve the 'quality of life' of its residents and to attract wealthier new residents in the future. It explores in particular the meaning of notions of 'social capital' and 'partnerships' which often take little account of local power dynamics, seeking rather to find ways of mobilizing popular su |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban renewal -- England, Northern
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Community development, Urban -- England, Northern
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Crime -- England, Northern -- Sociological aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Community development, Urban
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Crime -- Sociological aspects
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Urban renewal
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Northern England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134040391 |
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1134040393 |
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9781843926412 |
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1843926415 |
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9781134040537 |
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1134040539 |
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9781134040469 |
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1134040466 |
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9781138861503 |
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1138861502 |
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