Participation or Pathology
Contradictory Tensions in Area-Based Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12715757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 87-96 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746403001556 |
| OpenAlex | W2022107606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
This paper discusses some of the tensions revealed in the development and implementation of recent area-based approaches to social policy in England. Such programmes are now a central feature of Government policy practice, although similar programmes have been developed in the past in the UK and other welfare capitalist countries. They reflect concerns to combat social exclusion and ‘join-up’ service provision. They are also evidence of a shift towards more agency based policy practice – from ‘top-down’ to ‘bottom-up’ planning. Thus participation of citizens is a key element in all programmes. Some of the problems of securing such participation are discussed, including in particular the tendency for expectations of participation to lead to pathological interpretations of the causes of (and solutions too) social exclusion
Agency (philosophy · Economic growth · Economics · Element (criminal law · Government (linguistics · Political science · Public relations · Social exclusion · Social policy · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Work
Disentangling neighbourhood problems
De‐concentration of Disadvantage and Mixed Income Housing
Implementing area-based approaches (ABAs) in urban post-disaster contexts
Evaluating Area‐based Interventions
Regenerating deprived urban areas in Western Europe
Exploring Resident (Non-)participation in the UK New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme
Mixing Housing Tenures
Rethinking urban utopianism
Artists, Temporality, and the Governance of Collaborative Place-Making
Being Strategic in Partnership – Interpreting Local Knowledge of Modern Local Government
New Neighbourhoods, New Citizens? Challenging 'Community' as a Framework for Social and Moral Regeneration under New Labour in the UK
Promoting Social Sustainability of Urban Neighbourhoods
Is Participation Prevention
| Citations per year | 0.72 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |