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Introduction |
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A widespread and growing problem |
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Thirty years of area-based policy |
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Enduring problems and enduring questions |
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one The 12 disadvantaged areas |
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Investigating area trajectories |
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two Historical poverty and the roots of decline |
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Long histories of concentrated poverty |
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The poverty map and the poverty gap |
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three The 1990's: decline and divergence |
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Area fortunes pull apart: Southside and West-City |
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Unemployment and worklessness |
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Inequality, social change and social exclusion |
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Population drain and unpopular housing |
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Population growth and ethnic concentration |
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Home to the most marginalised and vulnerable |
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Continuing trends, new developments and diverging fortunes |
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four Management failure |
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Problems with public services |
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Inadequate levels of service provision |
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Operational problems and poorer quality |
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five Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma |
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Strong but enclosed community |
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'Community' shrinking under pressure |
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Network containment and neighbourhood stigma |
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six Attempts at regeneration |
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Histories of regeneration |
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SRB and problems with regeneration policy |
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SRB: inclusion through regeneration |
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Lack of a strategic approach 13I |
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'Regeneration' and realism: the need for a broader regeneration agenda |
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seven New Labour and neighbourhood renewal |
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The National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal |
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Urban, regional and housing policy |
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Tackling area deprivation in Wales |
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Broader social exclusion policies |
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eight Making a difference? |
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nine Getting it together: new money and better partnerships |
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Resident involvement and resident frustration |
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ten Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy |
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Two faces of population change: Middle Row and Overtown |
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Rising house prices and inner-city polarisation |
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Low demand and neighbourhood decline |
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Economic growth and economic divergence |
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eleven New solutions? |
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Avoiding concentrations of poverty |
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Tackling worklessness and achieving economic inclusion |
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The persistence of poverty and exclusion |
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twelve The end of Poverty Street? |
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Structural causes of decline |
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The sharp end of social change |
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206 | (2) |
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Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma |
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'Regeneration': not up to the job |
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Economic growth and divergence |
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Social exclusion and population change |
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Established patterns of low-value housing |
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Policy limitations and realistic futures |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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