Brendan Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Citizen Participation in East Manchester
Utilising the major urban regeneration project launched by government in east Manchester in 1998, our aim is to evaluate the nature and extent of the involvement of local residents in the project and to use our findings to review democratic theory. We invert the normal theory and practice relationship to argue that it is sometimes valuable to build on existing practice in assessing democratic involvement rather than to proceed simply on the basis…
Who Participates, How and Why in Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New ‘City’ of East Manchester
Participation is advocated by political leaders as crucial for enhancing social responsibility, building social capital, improving public services, qualifying for full citizenship and for enabling local democratic participation. Despite this increased commitment to encouraging public participation, however, there remains a lack of understanding of what motivates individuals to become community activists. This analysis of urban regeneration confir…
It's like Maintaining a Hedge
Since participation at the local level is frequently urged as a solution to political disengagement (Stoker, 2006), it is important to acknowledge the structural obstacles to the ready imposition of the participatory project. This article argues that this focus upon popular democratic participation in urban affairs neglects the realities of political and social life, particularly for poorer areas of cities, and the structural constraints that gre…
The Politics of Partnership
The prevailing discourse on local governance is that local authorities are subordinate both to central government and to a plethora of local partners. While Manchester City Council (MCC) remains subordinate to central government, its status enables it to exert influence over the urban domain within its boundaries and to act as an intermediate organization between its local partners and the core executive in Whitehall. This reflects the influence …
The Rise of the Intermediate Level Institution in British Public Administration
During the 1980s there was both centralization and decentralization in the British policy process. The centre was to be responsible for broad policy whilst the institutions in closest contact with those who consumed or used a service were to be responsible for implementation. This style was, in part, a reaction to the perception that organized interests acted as a severe restraint on the centre. Experience, however, demonstrated government's depe…
Neo-Liberalism and Training Policy 1979–1992
Radical Adult Education
The Rise and Fall of Two-Party Electoral Co-Operation
Concentration upon aggregate levels of voting behaviour and the two party system have obscured the persistence of electoral co-operation in multi-party systems in British local politics. This article examines the factors contributing to successful electoral co-operation, particularly, a favourable local political culture and élite interaction. This article shows such co-operation to be unstable in the long run. The focus for the study is the Bolt…
Who Participates, How and Why in Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New ‘City’ of East Manchester
Participation is advocated by political leaders as crucial for enhancing social responsibility, building social capital, improving public services, qualifying for full citizenship and for enabling local democratic participation. Despite this increased commitment to encouraging public participation, however, there remains a lack of understanding of what motivates individuals to become community activists. This analysis of urban regeneration confir…
The Politics of Partnership
The prevailing discourse on local governance is that local authorities are subordinate both to central government and to a plethora of local partners. While Manchester City Council (MCC) remains subordinate to central government, its status enables it to exert influence over the urban domain within its boundaries and to act as an intermediate organization between its local partners and the core executive in Whitehall. This reflects the influence …
It's like Maintaining a Hedge
Since participation at the local level is frequently urged as a solution to political disengagement (Stoker, 2006), it is important to acknowledge the structural obstacles to the ready imposition of the participatory project. This article argues that this focus upon popular democratic participation in urban affairs neglects the realities of political and social life, particularly for poorer areas of cities, and the structural constraints that gre…
Neo-Liberalism and Training Policy 1979–1992
The Rise of the Intermediate Level Institution in British Public Administration
During the 1980s there was both centralization and decentralization in the British policy process. The centre was to be responsible for broad policy whilst the institutions in closest contact with those who consumed or used a service were to be responsible for implementation. This style was, in part, a reaction to the perception that organized interests acted as a severe restraint on the centre. Experience, however, demonstrated government's depe…
The Rise and Fall of Two-Party Electoral Co-Operation
Concentration upon aggregate levels of voting behaviour and the two party system have obscured the persistence of electoral co-operation in multi-party systems in British local politics. This article examines the factors contributing to successful electoral co-operation, particularly, a favourable local political culture and élite interaction. This article shows such co-operation to be unstable in the long run. The focus for the study is the Bolt…
Radical Adult Education
The Rise of the Intermediate Level Institution in British Public Administration
During the 1980s there was both centralization and decentralization in the British policy process. The centre was to be responsible for broad policy whilst the institutions in closest contact with those who consumed or used a service were to be responsible for implementation. This style was, in part, a reaction to the perception that organized interests acted as a severe restraint on the centre. Experience, however, demonstrated government's depe…
Neo-Liberalism and Training Policy 1979–1992
The Politics of Partnership
The prevailing discourse on local governance is that local authorities are subordinate both to central government and to a plethora of local partners. While Manchester City Council (MCC) remains subordinate to central government, its status enables it to exert influence over the urban domain within its boundaries and to act as an intermediate organization between its local partners and the core executive in Whitehall. This reflects the influence …
It's like Maintaining a Hedge
Since participation at the local level is frequently urged as a solution to political disengagement (Stoker, 2006), it is important to acknowledge the structural obstacles to the ready imposition of the participatory project. This article argues that this focus upon popular democratic participation in urban affairs neglects the realities of political and social life, particularly for poorer areas of cities, and the structural constraints that gre…
Who Participates, How and Why in Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New ‘City’ of East Manchester
Participation is advocated by political leaders as crucial for enhancing social responsibility, building social capital, improving public services, qualifying for full citizenship and for enabling local democratic participation. Despite this increased commitment to encouraging public participation, however, there remains a lack of understanding of what motivates individuals to become community activists. This analysis of urban regeneration confir…
Citizen Participation in East Manchester
Utilising the major urban regeneration project launched by government in east Manchester in 1998, our aim is to evaluate the nature and extent of the involvement of local residents in the project and to use our findings to review democratic theory. We invert the normal theory and practice relationship to argue that it is sometimes valuable to build on existing practice in assessing democratic involvement rather than to proceed simply on the basis…
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