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

Jonathan Mathers, Jayne Parry and Susan Jones
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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

Urban Studies, 2008, vol. 45, issue 3, 591-606

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.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098007087336

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