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Exploring Resident (Non-)participation in the UK New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme

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  • Jonathan Mathers

    (Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, matherjm@adf.bham.ac.uk)

  • Jayne Parry

    (Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, parryjm@adf.bham.ac.uk)

  • Susan Jones

    (Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK, jonessaz@adf.bham.ac.uk)

Abstract

Current policy responses to low levels of resident participation in urban regeneration schemes may be based on flawed assumptions for the reasons underpinning non-participation amongst certain sections of disadvantaged communities. Ethnographic fieldwork in a New Deal for Communities area demonstrates that some residents actively avoid participation as part of `survival strategies' that have been developed to cope with long-term multiple disadvantage. Capacity building exercises are unlikely to impact upon participation rates among these individuals and groups. Instead, a more radical approach to social policy provision is called for, that explicitly acknowledges and understands the socio-cultural context within which residents make decisions regarding participation.

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  • Jonathan Mathers & Jayne Parry & Susan Jones, 2008. "Exploring Resident (Non-)participation in the UK New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 45(3), pages 591-606, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:45:y:2008:i:3:p:591-606
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098007087336
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