After Urban Regeneration: Communities, Policy and Place

Citation

O'Brien D & Matthews P (eds.) (2015) After Urban Regeneration: Communities, Policy and Place. Connected Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781447324164

Abstract
After Urban Regeneration is a comprehensive study of contemporary trends in urban policy and planning. Leading scholars come together to create a key contribution to the literature on gentrification, with a focus on the history and theory of community in urban policy. Engaging with debates as to how urban policy has changed, and continues to change, following the financial crash of 2008, the book provides an essential antidote to those who claim that culture and society can replicate the role of the state. Based on research from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Connected Communities programme and with a unique set of case studies drawing on artistic and cultural community work, the book will appeal to scholars and students in geography, urban studies, planning, sociology, law and art as well as policy makers and community workers.

Keywords
urban regeneration; urban policy; communities; co-production;

People

Professor Peter Matthews

Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology