Deprivation, State Interventions and Urban Communities in Britain, 1968-79

Focusing on a series of policy initiatives from the late 1960s through to the end of the 1970s, this book looks at how successive governments tried to address growing concerns about urban deprivation across Britain. It provides unique insights into policy and governance and into the socio-economic and cultural causes and consequences of poverty.

Peter Shapely is a Reader in Modern and Contemporary History, Bangor University.

Introduction Contextualising Deprivation and Policy Redevelopment, Immigration and Economic Decline State Responses to the Urban Crisis Education Priority Areas The Community Development Project: Origins, Research and Analyses The Community Development Project: Social Programmes and Local Government Inner Area Studies: Housing and Local Government Inner Area Studies: Economic Decline and the Total Approach The Neighbourhood Schemes and the Comprehensive Community Programme Inner Cities and Economic Regeneration Conclusion Bibliography