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2009-02 |
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repository |
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p01445596 |
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abstract |
Participation is advocated by political leaders as crucial for enhancing social responsibility,
building social capital, improving public services, qualifying for full citizenship
and for enabling local democratic participation. Despite this increased commitment
to encouraging public participation, however, there remains a lack of understanding
of what motivates individuals to become community activists. This analysis of urban
regeneration confirms that participation is a minority sport reflecting the reluctance
and/or inability of the majority of community members to engage. The motives for that
minority of local people who do engage are, therefore, important for policy-makers
and academics to understand. This research project in east Manchester reveals that
the motives of activists are varied and more nuanced than is proposed by existing
social science theories such as rational choice, social network theory or the application
of such concepts as citizen-consumers. A hybridized model which privileges social
network theory without, however, entirely excluding ideas of the consumer-citizen
and rational choice is advocated as a more effective way of explaining both community
activism and also the varying levels and durability of individual participation. If
participation is to increase, however, it is vital that the nuanced motives of participants
are better appreciated. |
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authors |
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1 |
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peerReviewed |
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volume |
43 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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label |
Blakeley, Georgina and Evans, Brendan (2009). Who Participates, How and Why in
Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New 'City' of East Manchester. Social
Policy and Administration, 43(1) pp. 15–32. |
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label |
Blakeley, Georgina and Evans, Brendan (2009). Who Participates, How and Why in Urban
Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New 'City' of East Manchester. Social Policy
and Administration, 43(1) pp. 15–32. |
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Title |
Who Participates, How and Why in Urban Regeneration Projects? The Case of the New
'City' of East Manchester |
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