ABSTRACT

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, the authors offer a vigorous and critical investigation of government policy and, in response to the result of the 1992 general election and the implications of the Olympia and York Canary Wharf project, present a credible prediction for the future (or lack of future) of the inner city.

chapter 1|13 pages

Enterprise as policy

chapter 4|10 pages

The logic of the enterprise strategy

chapter 6|31 pages

Docklands: Flagship or Titanic?

chapter 8|31 pages

Private enterprise alone

chapter 9|17 pages

The reach of private enterprise

chapter 10|24 pages

Social policies for the inner city

chapter 11|14 pages

Private investment as public policy