Towards an understanding of local protest

Hospital Closure and Community Resistance

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3977599
AutoresTim Brown (0000-0002-7104-6431, University of Portsmouth, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume4
Fascículo4
Páginas489-506
Data de publicação2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1464936032000137920
OpenAlexW2042571973
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18

The aim of this paper is to suggest an analytical framework through which the complex question of hospital closure and local protest can be further explored. The significance of this area of study lies with the extraordinary events that surrounded a campaign to save the Kidderminster General Hospital from downsizing. Whilst the hospital was not saved, the local campaign committee organizing the protest took their fight into the political arena and were successful in gaining a parliamentary voice in the 2001 general elections. Such an achievement has had considerable political implications, however, the question asked here is how might we begin to interpret the events that took place. To this end, the paper draws on current geographical literature in an attempt to construct a framework that accounts for both national policy debates and the local context within which such campaigns emerge

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