Sixteen Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness
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Jo Foord
Abstract
This chapter examines the potential contribution of inner cities for enhancing social cohesion and the economic competitiveness in the cities of Great Britain. It evaluates the extent of social capital to be found in poor communities, and discusses the emergence, scale, and significance of multicultural and creative enclaves within some inner-city locations. The chapter argues that there is substantial endogenous or hidden social capital in some poor areas, and that this is often isolated from wider power structures, and is, hence, insufficiently recognised and used in regeneration initiatives.
Abstract
This chapter examines the potential contribution of inner cities for enhancing social cohesion and the economic competitiveness in the cities of Great Britain. It evaluates the extent of social capital to be found in poor communities, and discusses the emergence, scale, and significance of multicultural and creative enclaves within some inner-city locations. The chapter argues that there is substantial endogenous or hidden social capital in some poor areas, and that this is often isolated from wider power structures, and is, hence, insufficiently recognised and used in regeneration initiatives.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Foreword viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors xii
- Introduction 1
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Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance
- Sources of city prosperity and cohesion: the case of Glasgow and Edinburgh 13
- Reinventing cities in a restructuring region? The rhetoric and reality of renaissance in Liverpool and Manchester 33
- Competitiveness and cohesion in a prosperous city-region: the case of Bristol 51
- London: competitiveness, cohesion and the policy environment 71
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Competitiveness and urban change
- Urban growth and competitiveness in Britain: a long-run perspective 93
- Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities 111
- Cities are not isolated states 129
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Competitiveness, innovation and the knowledge economy
- Competitiveness as cohesion: social capital and the knowledge economy 153
- Innovation clusters and competitive cities in the UK and Europe 171
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Housing, property and economic performance
- The role of housing in city economic performance 199
- Economic structures, urban responses: framing and negotiating urban property development 217
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Space, place and social cohesion
- Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion? 237
- The ‘good’ suburb as an urban asset in enhancing a city’s competitiveness 255
- The middle class and the future of London 269
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Ethnicity, enterprise and social cohesion
- Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness 287
- Ethnic minority enterprise in an inner-city context: the case of the independent restaurant sector in Birmingham 307
- Youth employment, racialised gendering and school–work transitions 323
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Leadership, governance and social capital
- Leadership and partnership in urban governance: evidence from London, Bristol and Glasgow 349
- ‘Pathways to integration’: tackling social exclusion on Merseyside 367
- Voluntary organisations and the generation of social capital in city politics 389
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Conclusions
- Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance 407
- Index 433
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Foreword viii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors xii
- Introduction 1
-
Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance
- Sources of city prosperity and cohesion: the case of Glasgow and Edinburgh 13
- Reinventing cities in a restructuring region? The rhetoric and reality of renaissance in Liverpool and Manchester 33
- Competitiveness and cohesion in a prosperous city-region: the case of Bristol 51
- London: competitiveness, cohesion and the policy environment 71
-
Competitiveness and urban change
- Urban growth and competitiveness in Britain: a long-run perspective 93
- Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities 111
- Cities are not isolated states 129
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Competitiveness, innovation and the knowledge economy
- Competitiveness as cohesion: social capital and the knowledge economy 153
- Innovation clusters and competitive cities in the UK and Europe 171
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Housing, property and economic performance
- The role of housing in city economic performance 199
- Economic structures, urban responses: framing and negotiating urban property development 217
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Space, place and social cohesion
- Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion? 237
- The ‘good’ suburb as an urban asset in enhancing a city’s competitiveness 255
- The middle class and the future of London 269
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Ethnicity, enterprise and social cohesion
- Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness 287
- Ethnic minority enterprise in an inner-city context: the case of the independent restaurant sector in Birmingham 307
- Youth employment, racialised gendering and school–work transitions 323
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Leadership, governance and social capital
- Leadership and partnership in urban governance: evidence from London, Bristol and Glasgow 349
- ‘Pathways to integration’: tackling social exclusion on Merseyside 367
- Voluntary organisations and the generation of social capital in city politics 389
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Conclusions
- Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance 407
- Index 433
