Partnerships and Regimes

by Davies, Jonathan S.

• ISBN13: 9780754616818
• ISBN10: 0754616819
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Summary

This critical engagement with urban regime theory, the most widely used theory of urban governance, draws extensively on its American foundations and reconceptualizes the approach. Providing thorough theoretical distinctions, Jonathan S. Davies also develops the concept of regime governance as a tool for evaluating regeneration partnerships in the UK.A compelling blend of rigorous theoretical argument and comprehensive empirical analysis, this text makes a substantial contribution to the scholarly debate. An interesting and original work that is suitable for courses on urban theory and urban policy, governance, policy analysis and development.

Table of Contents

List of Boxes	vi
Acknowledgements	vii
List of Abbreviations	viii
Introduction	1	(16)
Explaining Urban Regime Theory	17	(27)
Regeneration Partnerships and Regime Governance	44	(27)
Barnsley - A Coal Town	71	(19)
Rotherham - A Coal and Steel Town	90	(21)
Hull - The City of East Yorkshire	111	(24)
North East Lincolnshire - A Port and Chemicals Economy	135	(24)
Partnerships Compared	159	(36)
Conclusion - Regime Governance Revisited	195	(28)
Bibliography	223	(14)
Index	237