Regenerating Deprived Urban Areas : : A Cross National Analysis of Area-Based Initiatives / / Rene Peter Hohmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Hohmann, Rene Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 23 Black and White

In the face of continuing challenges of urban decline, an increasing local policy activism can be observed in a number of European countries. The implementation of area-based initiatives (ABIs) for deprived urban areas, such as The ‘New Deal for Communities’ in England and the ‘Social City Programme’ in Germany, are examples of these New Localism(s). ABIs can be seen as test-beds for new forms of urban governance seeking to foster an active participation of residents and the Voluntary Sector. Based upon a comparative research in two cities, Bristol in England and Duisburg in Germany, this book is the first to cross-nationally compare the impacts of ABIs in two deprived urban areas in England and Germany. It evaluates the impacts of these New Localism(s) on organisations and development actors at the neighbourhood level. Using a rich data-set and applying a hands-on methodology it applies a mixed method approach to help the reader with a wider spectrum of illustrations and is aimed at those studying and working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables, boxes and appendices -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- New Localism(s) in Europe: restructuring local state spaces and public-service delivery in England and Germany -- National urban policies for deprived urban areas: the birth of Area-Based Initiatives -- Exploring the impacts of Area-Based Initiatives through a neo-institutionalist perspective -- Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities in Bristol -- Local-government experiments to cope with structural change: the Social City Programme in Duisburg -- The crystallisation of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison -- The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections -- Apendices -- References -- Index