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Exploring Resident (Non-)participation in the UK New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme.
- Source :
- Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Mar2008, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p591-606, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
-
Abstract
- Current policy responses to low levels of resident participation in urban regeneration schemes may be based on flawed assumptions for the reasons underpinning non-participation amongst certain sections of disadvantaged communities. Ethnographic fieldwork in a New Deal for Communities area demonstrates that some residents actively avoid participation as part of `survival strategies' that have been developed to cope with long-term multiple disadvantage. Capacity building exercises are unlikely to impact upon participation rates among these individuals and groups. Instead, a more radical approach to social policy provision is called for, that explicitly acknowledges and understands the socio-cultural context within which residents make decisions regarding participation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DEALS
COMMUNITIES
RESIDENTS
SOCIAL policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00420980
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34462426
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098007087336