ABSTRACT
Changing political and policy agendas have shaped models of social inclusion designed to alleviate social exclusion. The Scottish Executive has focused on social inclusion reflecting the changes in political and policy direction of previous and incumbent governments. This chapter presents the most forms of regeneration and changing geographical patterns of social exclusion in Dundee. It demonstrates how social and economic problems have manifested across a transforming social and physical landscape of change. Regeneration instruments in Scotland have been geared to tackling urban poverty, which have been couched in a framework that recognises cities as socially, politically and economically functional structures. Urban regeneration in Scotland has evolved into a particular approach that rests on the geographical targeting of aid, the principles of partnership and empowerment and the implementation of initiatives within a strategic framework. Dundee has the boundaries of any local authority in Scotland. In the 1920s and 1930s, Dundee experienced relative economic collapse as a consequence of the global recession.
