The political climate for urban policy and planning ideas in the UK took a double hit at the end of the 2000s. First, the financial crisis stalled public expenditure programmes and development activity in the private sector. Then a new coalition government was elected in 2010, pulling the rug from under many of the ideas which had been promoted during the previous 13 years of Labour dominance. Not surprisingly, this has led to considerable reflection and reassessment among the academic commentariat who had been researching and sometimes promoting these various political ideas and policy initiatives. This book is a contribution to such reflection.
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