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The Licensing Act 2003 and the Problematization of the Night‐time Economy: Planning, Licensing and Subcultural Closure in the UK

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  • DEBORAH TALBOT

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Nightlife historically has been viewed as a social problem to be contained by licensing, policing and the management of supply. In the context of recent trends towards deregulation of hours and supply, fears have again resurfaced as to the detrimental impact of the ‘night‐time economy’ on street disorder and violence, concerns that have focused attention on the Licensing Act 2003. Utilizing a case study of the regulation of nightlife in the London locality of Southview, this article will explore how there has been ongoing and renewed attention on the problems associated with the night‐time economy centred on differentiating between risky and safe cultural and economic forms. The article will argue that the Licensing Act represents a consolidation of over a decade of regulatory change that has ‘reordered’ regulatory approaches to nightlife; one that has, in combination with other aspects of economic, social and cultural change, been productive of ‘subcultural closure’.

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  • Deborah Talbot, 2006. "The Licensing Act 2003 and the Problematization of the Night‐time Economy: Planning, Licensing and Subcultural Closure in the UK," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 159-171, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:30:y:2006:i:1:p:159-171
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2006.00642.x
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    1. Van Liempt & Van Aalst, 2015. "Whose Responsibility? The Role of Bouncers in Policing the Public Spaces of Nightlife Districts," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(6), pages 1251-1262, November.
    2. Laam Hae, 2011. "Dilemmas of the Nightlife Fix," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 48(16), pages 3449-3465, December.

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