Who participates, how and why in urban regeneration projects? The case of the new 'city' of East Manchester

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-32

  Blakeley, Georgina ^a   Evans, Brendan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer citizen; East Manchester; Participation; Rational choice; Social network

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; REGENERATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59349091270     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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