<p>'A master class in how globalisation and capitalism combined, when poorly constrained, eroded trust and splintered community...revealing how austerity urbanism was the wolf that dressed itself in sheep's clothing of regeneration and redevelopment.' Danny Dorling, University of Oxford</p><p>
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London is a major global city which attracts a massive influx of capital while concentrating power and wealth in the hands of the few. Meanwhile, many communities suffer housing shortages, poverty and dispossession. How can its diverse communities fight back against exclusionary regeneration projects?

This accessible book tells the story of the Voice4Deptford campaign in Southeast London, which has taken radical democratic and creative action to resist the destructive influence of neoliberalism at the community level. It shows how top-down change is challenged and, together with case studies from across London, offers powerful ways forward for other urban communities globally.

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Introduction - Roger Green and Keith Popple

1. Neoliberalism and Increasing Inequality - Keith Popple

2. Challenging the Neoliberal Hegemony - Keith Popple

3. ‘Cranes in the Sky’: The Remaking of London - Roger Green, with Malcolm Cadman, Andy Turner, Marion Briggs and Tony Nickson

4. Deptford: Community and Change - Roger Green, with Marion Briggs, Malcolm Cadman, Warda Farah, Joyce Jacca, Richard Katona, Tony Nickson and Andy Turner

5. Defiance and Resistance: The Voice4Deptford Campaign - Roger Green, with Andy Turner, Malcolm Cadman, Marion Briggs, Vanessa Celosse, Warda Farah, Joyce Jacca, Richard Katona, Tony Nickson, Kenneth M. Thomas and other members and supporters of the campaign

6. Confronting the Developers - Roger Green, with Malcolm Cadman

7. Whose City? Communities versus Capital - Roger Green and Keith Popple

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A unique insight into the ways global finance and neoliberalism shape London, and the urban community groups challenging the ideology and practice of powerful global developers and financiers.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529243949
Publisert
2025-08-14
Utgiver
Bristol University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Biografisk notat

Roger Green is Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London and Vice-Chair of the Voice4Deptford Campaign. An urban sociologist and community activist, he has worked alongside urban communities in London, the UK, Europe and globally promoting community voices and action. An advocate of ‘communities know best’ supporting co-production and participatory action research methodologies.

Keith Popple is a researcher, author and Emeritus Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University. He has contributed widely to the areas of social work, community development and social policy. He is editor and contributor to several books including as author of Analysing Community Work: Theory and Practice (Open University Press).