Urban renaissance? : New Labour, community and urban policy

Part One: The role of community in urban policy - debates: The importance of community in urban policy Rob Imrie and Mike Raco Social capital and neighbourhood renewal Ade Kearns Community regeneration and the discursive construction of 'urban renaissance' Loretta Lees Part Two: Community involvement in urban policy - the evidence: Addressing urban exclusion through community involvement in urban regeneration: possibilities and constraints Rob Atkinson Community participation in multi-level urban governance Annette Hastings 'Pathways to integration': community involvement in urban regeneration on Merseyside Richard Meegan Community action and partnerships for urban regeneration - new sites of struggle? Peter North Contradictions in 'tackling social exclusion' in communities: issues of redistribution, recognition and respect in a Single Regeneration Project in Blackbird Leys estate, Oxford Zoe Morrison Community, disability and the discourses of the Single Regeneration Budget Claire Edwards Citizenship, community and participation in small towns: a case study of regeneration partnerships Mark Goodwin Economy, equity or empowerment? Urban policy evaluation and discourses of community involvement Stuart Wilks-Heeg Part Three: The future for community in urban policy: The new urban policy: towards empowerment or incorporation? Allan Cochrane Assessing the prospects for community involvement in urban policy: will 'community' remain a meaningful term? Mike Raco.