Poverty Street ：The dynamics of neighbourhood decline and renewal ( CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy )

Publication subTitle ：The dynamics of neighbourhood decline and renewal

Publication series ：CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy

Author： Lupton   Ruth (Author)  

Publisher： Policy Press‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9781847425829

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781861345356

Subject： C91 Sociology

Keyword： Social work

Language： ENG

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Poverty Street

Description

Poverty street addresses one of the UK's major social policy concerns: the gap between the poorest neighbourhoods and the rest of the country. It is an account of neighbourhood decline, a portrait of conditions in the most disadvantaged areas and an up-to-date analysis of the impact of the government's neighbourhood renewal policies. The book: · explores twelve of the most disadvantaged areas in England and Wales, from Newcastle in the north to Thanet in the south, providing the reader with a unique journey around the country's poverty map; · combines evidence from neighbourhood statistics, photographs and the accounts of local people with analysis of broader social and economic trends; · assesses the effect of government policies since 1997 and considers future prospects for reducing inequalities. CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy series Series Editor: John Hills, Director of CASE at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Drawing on the findings of the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion's extensive research programme into communities, poverty and family life in Britain, this fascinating series: Provides a rich and detailed analysis of anti-poverty policy in action. Focuses on the individual and social factors that promote regeneration, recovery and renewal. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.

Chapter

POVERTY STREET

Contents

List of tables, figures and boxes

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

Introduction

Bridgefields

A widespread and growing problem

Ideology and policy

Thirty years of area-based policy

Enduring problems and enduring questions

1. The 12 disadvantaged areas

The study and the areas

Area characteristics

Investigating area trajectories

Summary

2. Historical poverty and the roots of decline

Long histories of concentrated poverty

Decline 1971-91

The poverty map and the poverty gap

Summary

3. The 1990s: decline and divergence

Area fortunes pull apart: Southside and West-City

Uneven economic recovery

The nature of work

Unemployment and worklessness

Inequality, social change and social exclusion

Population drain and unpopular housing

Population growth and ethnic concentration

Home to the most marginalised and vulnerable

Continuing trends, new developments and diverging fortunes

Summary

4. Management failure

Problems with public services

Inadequate levels of service provision

Operational problems and poorer quality

The barrier of mistrust

Summary

5. Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma

Neighbourhood society

Strong but enclosed community

Myriad networks

‘Community’ shrinking under pressure

Network containment and neighbourhood stigma

Summary

6. Attempts at regeneration

Histories of regeneration

SRB and problems with regeneration policy

SRB: inclusion through regeneration

Lack of a strategic approach

‘Regeneration’ and realism: the need for a broader regeneration agenda

Summary

7. New Labour and neighbourhood renewal

Two phases of policy

Area-based programmes

The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal

Urban, regional and housing policy

Tackling area deprivation in Wales

Broader social exclusion policies

Policy limitations

Summary

8. Making a difference?

Back to Bridgefields

Summary

9. Getting it together: new money and better partnerships

Signs of progress

Services and facilities

Resident involvement and resident frustration

Better joined-up working

Summary

10. Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy

Two faces of population change: Middle Row and Overtown

Rising house prices and inner-city polarisation

Low demand and neighbourhood decline

Economic growth and economic divergence

Summary

11. New solutions?

Avoiding concentrations of poverty

Improving housing

Mixing tenure

Tackling worklessness and achieving economic inclusion

The persistence of poverty and exclusion

Summary

12. The end of Poverty Street?

Structural causes of decline

The sharp end of social change

Management failure

Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma

‘Regeneration’: not up to the job

A concerted response

Economic growth and divergence

Social exclusion and population change

Established patterns of low-value housing

Policy limitations and realistic futures

Bibliography

Index

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