Understanding urban policy :

Cochrane, Allan.

Understanding urban policy : a critical approach / Allan Cochrane. - Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007. - 178 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-171) and index.

What is urban policy? -- Exploring the roots : "race", disorder, and poverty -- Managerialism and the city -- The meaning(s) of community -- Managing disorderly places -- Competitiveness, the market, and urban entrepreneurialism -- Taking the cultural turn -- Neo-liberalism and the globalization of urban policy -- Reshaping welfare, reimagining urban policy.

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HT151 / .C5995 2007

307.76