Social Infrastructure and Left Behind Places.

• Superior document: Regional Studies Policy Impact Bks.
• Author: Tomaney, John.
• TeilnehmendeR: Blackman, Maeve.; Natarajan, Lucy.; Panayotopoulos-Tsiros, Dimitrios.; Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, Florence.; Taylor, Myfanwy.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Regional Studies Policy Impact Bks.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- About the authors -- Summary and recommendations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1: Social infrastructure and "levelling up" in the UK -- 1.2: Structure of the book -- Chapter 2: "Left behind places" and social infrastructure -- 2.1: Introduction -- 2.2: Left behind -- 2.3: Place attachments -- 2.4: Commitments to place -- 2.5: Building social infrastructure -- Chapter 3: Methods: researching the affective dimensions of "left behind places" to underpin new policy approaches -- 3.1: The methodological challenge -- 3.2: A pragmatist orientation to inquiry -- 3.3: Researching social infrastructure -- 3.4: Our approach -- 3.5: A narrative of change -- Chapter 4: Political economy of Sacriston -- Chapter 5: Moral community: the making of social infrastructure in Sacriston -- Chapter 6: Root shock: unmaking social infrastructure in Sacriston -- Chapter 7: Radical hope: remaking social infrastructure in Sacriston -- Chapter 8: Conclusions and policy implications -- 8.1: Findings -- 8.2: Beyond pride in place -- 8.3: Policy proposals -- Appendix: a timeline of Sacriston.