The rise and fall of neighbourhood in the New Labour era

Policy and politics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Durose, Catherine ^a   Rees, James ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Neighbourhood; New Labour; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATIONAL POLITICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY APPROACH; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84857480440     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557310X550079     Document Type: Article

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