Urban Policy Evaluation

Challenge & Change

AvRobin Hambleton,Huw Thomas

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This book is an authoritative overview and discussion of key themes in contemporary urban policy evaluation.

The rapid introduction of new urban policy initiatives looks set to continue in the UK, while there is increasing interest in both North America and Europe in cross-national comparisons, and the possibilities of transferable practice.

This volume focuses on current urban policy evaluation practice, placing the UK in an European context. The authors address key issues in the methodology and politics of evaluation: quantitative and qualitative evaluation and the ways in which institutional and political realities can affect this. The authors put forward examples of pluralistic evaluation. A final section considers the role of cross-national comparisons in urban policy evaluation.

Analysis of urban and regional change has been a major theme in social science research for more than a decade. As a result there is extensive theory and evidence about the way in which economic, social and political forces shape urban fortunes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-04-27
Mått:156 x 234 x 0 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781853962714

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`The contributions vary from the pedestrian (but useful and systematic) through to the offbeat and original. There is something for everyone here′ - Local Government Studies`This collection identifies a series of issues which lie at the core of urban policy and its evaluation and as such it deserves to be read by anyone claiming a serious interest in the subject′ - International Planning Studies`The book manages to provide a useful and coherent account of contemporary issues in urban policy as well as a welcome consideration of its evaluation′ -William Walton, University of Aberdeen`A body of useful case-study material and the development of important methodological issues which are not often tackled in the literature in regard to researching the urban context′ - Environment and Planning`It is up-to-date, readable, and provides an impression of academics’ current thinking on urban policy. I imagine it will be widely recommended as a key text for Urban Studies courses, as well as being a source of reference for research work′ -European Urban and Regional Studies

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Urban Policy Evaluation - Robin Hambleton and Huw ThomasThe Contours of the Debate PART ONE: URBAN POLICY IN CONTEXTThe Changing Context for British Urban Policy - Paul Burton and Martin BoddyAn Evaluation of Urban Policy - Michael Bradford and Brian RobsonPublic Expenditure Management in Urban Regeneration - Murray StewartUrban Policy and Urban Evaluation - Michael ChapmanThe Impact of the European Union PART TWO: METHODOLOGY AND DILEMMAS IN URBAN POLICY EVALUATIONMeasurement, Understanding and Perception - Peter MeyerThe Conflicting ‘Realities’The Evaluation of Urban Policy Project Appraisal - Steve Martin and Graham PearceDeveloping Quantitative Indicators for Urban and Regional Policy Analysis - Cecilia WongChanges in Local Governance and their Implications for Urban Policy Evaluation - Rob Imrie and Huw ThomasPART THREE: PLURALISTIC EVALUATION IN PRACTICEEvaluating Competitive Urban Policy - Nick Oatley and Christine LambertThe City Challenge InitiativeCity Challenge - a Sustainable Mechanism or Temporary Gesture? - Simin Davoudi and Patsy HealeyA Comparative Assessment of Government Approaches to Partnership with the Local Community - Annette Hastings and Andrew McArthurPART FOUR: THE ROLE OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONSReviving the Valleys? Urban Renewal and Governance Structures in Wales - Kevin MorganUrban Policy in England and France - Howard Green and Philip BoothRobin HambletonCross-National Urban Policy Transfer - Insights from the USA