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Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction
Allan Cochrane
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Description for Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction
Paperback. * An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s. * Explores the complex interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare. * Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic regeneration and competitiveness, managing dangerous places, community and managerialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
This extensive review of urban policy explores the interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare.
- An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s.
- Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic regeneration and competitiveness, managing dangerous places, community and managerialism.
- The theme-based structure provides a new and innovative approach to the subject.
- Written in a clear, accessible style with pedagogic features to appeal to students from a range of disciplines.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631211211
SKU
V9780631211211
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Ref
99-50
About Allan Cochrane
Allan Cochrane is Professor of Public Policy at the The Open University. His previous publications include Comparing Welfare States (editor, second edition, 2000), Rethinking the Region (1998), and A Global World? Reordering Political Space (editor, 1995).
Reviews for Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction
"An immensely enjoyable book, bringing a valuable historical perspective to bear and written in a critical but lucid style... it will challenge and enlighten its readers." Paul Burton, University of Bristol