Race, Urban Policy and Urban Problems: A Critique on Current UK Practice

Munt, Ian

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“…This either bypassed minority ethnic communities altogether or assumed that regeneration benefits would trickle down in the usual way. Munt (1994) examined, in particular, the deployment of Urban Programme funds over the 1980s in the London boroughs of Brent and Southwark, which both have large and diverse minority ethnic communities. He found that the funding of social regeneration projects in the black voluntary/community sector had declined "markedly" over the decade.…”

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Putting the social into urban regeneration policy

Ginsburg

1999

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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FEATURES • ABSTRACTUrban regeneration is a policy area which has been dominated by property development and economic forces, and is therefore relatively ignored as an element of social policy. Social regeneration, meaning the improved and •appropriate delivery of welfare services in poor neighbourhoods and the empowerment of local communities in regeneration processes, has never been a prominent feature. Social regeneration came briefly onto the policy agenda in the late 1960s and early 1970s but largely withered away in the welfare crisis and the Thatcherite decade. In recent years a revived movement for social regeneration has emerged, which is having some impact on policy. This article reviews the emergence of this movement and the changing policy contexts, arguing that practical and conceptual tools may now have been developed to support successful social regeneration.

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Putting the social into urban regeneration policy

Ginsburg

1999

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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“…There have also been a sm aller, but growing, num ber of projects and books addressing m ore general issues of urban policy (Mullings, 1991;Munt, 1991;Ratcliffe, 1992;Atkinson & Moon, 1994;Brownill & Thomas, 1996). However with a few notable exceptions (e.g.…”

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Planning for Diversity and Change: Implications of a Polyethnic Society

Ratcliffe¹

1998

Planning Practice & Research

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“…Many studies have shown that the trickle-down process did not work, in particular for BME groups who continued to face significant barriers to economic participation. In the late 1990s "it was widely agreed that decades of initiatives to combat urban poverty and deprivation in British cities had done little to address the way racial discrimination adversely affected the life chance of black and ethnic minorities" (Thomas, 2008: 9;Munt, 1991;Moon and Atkinson, 1997;Harrison et al, 2005).…”

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Urban regeneration and policies of "social mixing" in British cities: a critical assessment

Colomb

2011

ACE: Architecture, City and Environment

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Over the past fifteen years, urban decision-makers in several countries have experimented with specific policies which seek to increase the social mix of particular urban areas, specifically via interventions in the housing mix, in order to tackle socio-spatial segregation, concentrations of deprivation and social exclusion. These interventions are based on the notion of the neighbourhood effect (or area effect), which hypothesizes that a high concentration of poor, or ethnic minority, people in specific areas reinforces and perpetuates poverty and exclusion. This contribution briefly analyses the policy initiatives set up in the United Kingdom by the New Labour government between 1997 and 2010 to encourage so-called mixed communities. The key assumption was that mixing different types of housing tenure would lead to greater social mix and to positive effects for (poor) urban residents and for deprived neighbourhoods at large. The paper reviews the arguments and approaches used to encourage such mixed communities and summarizes the state of academic research on the impacts and effectiveness of such policies. There is, to date, rather limited evidence that interventions in the housing mix alone can lead to greater social mix and to positive effects for deprived urban neighbourhoods and their residents. In the conclusion of the paper, succinct lessons are drawn for urban policies and area-based interventions in Spain and Catalonia. Durant els últims quinze anys, els responsables de les decisions urbanes en varis països han experimentat amb polítiques específiques que busquen incrementar la barreja social de determinades zones urbanes, específicament a través d'intervencions en la barreja d'habitatge amb la finalitat de fer front a la segregació socioespacial, concentracions de precarietat i l'exclusió social. Aquestes intervencions es basen en la noció de l'efecte de veïnatge, sota la hipòtesi que amb l'alta concentració de pobres o minories ètniques, les persones en àrees específiques reforcen i perpetuen la pobresa i l'exclusió. Aquesta contribució analitza breument les iniciatives de política establertes en el Regne Unit pel nou govern laborista entre 1997 i 2010 per incentivar les denominades comunitats mixtes. La suposada clau fou que la barreja de diferents tipus de tinença d'habitatge podria portar a una major barreja social i a efectes positius pels residents urbans pobres i els barris desafavorits en general. El document analitza els arguments i enfocaments utilitzats per fomentar tals comunitats mixtes i resumeix l'estat de la investigació acadèmica sobre els impactes i l'eficàcia d'aquestes polítiques. No hi ha, fins el moment, més que la poca evidència de que les intervencions en la barreja d'habitatge només puguin conduir a una major barreja social i a efectes positius per les zones desafavorides i els seus habitants. En la conclusió del treball, s'exposen breus lliçons per les polítiques urbanes i intervencions puntuals a Espanya i Catalunya. Durante los últimos quince años, los responsables de las decisiones urbanas en varios países han experimentado con políticas específicas que buscan incrementar la mezcla social de determinadas zonas urbanas, específicamente a través de intervenciones en la mezcla de vivienda con el fin de hacer frente a la segregación socio espacial, concentraciones de precariedad y la exclusión social. Estas intervenciones se basan en la noción del efecto de vecindario, bajo la hipótesis de que con alta concentración de pobres o minorías étnicas, las personas en áreas específicas refuerzan y ?? perpetúan la pobreza y la exclusión. Esta contribución analiza brevemente las iniciativas de política establecidas en el Reino Unido por el nuevo gobierno laborista entre 1997 y 2010 para incentivar a las denominadas comunidades mixtas. El supuesto clave fue que la mezcla de diferentes tipos de tenencia de la vivienda podría llevar a una mayor mezcla social y a efectos positivos para los residentes urbanos pobres y los barrios desfavorecidos en general. El documento analiza los argumentos y enfoques utilizados para fomentar tales comunidades mixtas y resume el estado de la investigación académica sobre los impactos y la eficacia de estas políticas. No hay, hasta la fecha, más que poca evidencia de que las intervenciones en la mezcla de vivienda solamente puede conducir a una mayor mezcla social y a efectos positivos para las zonas urbanas desfavorecidas y sus habitantes. En la conclusión del trabajo , se exponen breves lecciones para las políticas urbanas e intervenciones puntuales en España y Cataluña.

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Race, Urban Policy and Urban Problems: A Critique on Current UK Practice

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Putting the social into urban regeneration policy

Putting the social into urban regeneration policy

Planning for Diversity and Change: Implications of a Polyethnic Society

Urban regeneration and policies of "social mixing" in British cities: a critical assessment

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