Understanding urban policy : a critical approach - Cochrane, Allan (Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-171) and index.
Keywords: Urban policy; Community development, Urban; Sociology, Urban