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Including the Community in Local Regeneration? The Case of Greater Pollok Social Inclusion Partnership

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  • Chris McWilliams

    (School of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK)

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This paper seeks to evaluate critically the extent to which there is community involvement in the construction and delivery of urban policy under New Labour, through a case study of the Greater Pollok Social Inclusion Partnership. The paper concentrates on the Scottish experience, but its lessons resonate more widely. Its key finding is that, for all the rhetoric of New Labour and community involvement, the degree to which it has occurred in practice is little different to the level of involvement under Conservative urban policy initiatives. The paper argues that the processes of community consultation and participation during the early stages of the Greater Pollok Social Inclusion Partnership were woefully inadequate. At best it was tokenistic, and at worst, local people were being ‘exploited’ to legitimise the policy process.

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  • Chris McWilliams, 2004. "Including the Community in Local Regeneration? The Case of Greater Pollok Social Inclusion Partnership," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 19(3), pages 264-275, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:19:y:2004:i:3:p:264-275
    DOI: 10.1080/0269094042000253185
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