IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/cityxx/v12y2008i1p64-78.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Community influence and the contemporary local state

Author

Listed:
  • Sara González
  • Geoff Vigar

Abstract

This paper assesses contemporary power relations between the local state, capital and community interests in managing urban area development. It draws on work conducted under a Framework V EU project called SINGOCOM, focusing on one case among nine studied.-super-1 The case of the Ouseburn Valley in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is mobilised to show how, despite comparatively well‐organised community interests, the local state and its approach to urban development are still the determining key factors in understanding built environment outcomes. Yet the local state is heavily constrained in its actions by: its cultures and practices; its financial and intellectual resources; a highly centralised governance context; and a pervasive discourse of neo‐liberalism. The case also highlights the contradictions inherent in state commitments to public participation and the role of communities in shaping development outcomes, especially given these constraints.

Suggested Citation

  • Sara González & Geoff Vigar, 2008. "Community influence and the contemporary local state," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 64-78, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:12:y:2008:i:1:p:64-78
    DOI: 10.1080/13604810801933545
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13604810801933545
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/13604810801933545?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:12:y:2008:i:1:p:64-78. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CCIT20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.