Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction

Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction

by Allan Cochrane (Author)

Synopsis

This extensive review of urban policy explores the interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare. * An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s. * Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic regeneration and competitiveness, managing dangerous places, community and managerialism. * The theme-based structure provides a new and innovative approach to the subject. * Written in a clear, accessible style with pedagogic features to appeal to students from a range of disciplines.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 01 Dec 2006

ISBN 10: 0631211217
ISBN 13: 9780631211211

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An immensely enjoyable book, bringing a valuable historical perspective to bear and written in a critical but lucid style... it will challenge and enlighten its readers. Paul Burton, University of Bristol
Author Bio
Allan Cochrane is Professor of Public Policy at the The Open University. His previous publications include Comparing Welfare States (editor, second edition, 2000), Rethinking the Region (1998), and A Global World? Reordering Political Space (editor, 1995).