Community influence and the contemporary local state

Sara González and Geoff Vigar

City, 2008, vol. 12, issue 1, 64-78

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.

Date: 2008
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