ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide a contribution discussing what types of city leadership can contribute towards promoting social regeneration of communities focusing in particular on the roles of public managers and politicians. It focuses on a fold-four classification of city leadership: managerial leadership, political leadership, community leadership and business leadership. The chapter analyses the applicability of the framework in regard to social regeneration. It discusses the new functions for local governments and the new roles for public managers and politicians to enhance social regeneration of communities. The chapter also focuses on the relationship between city leadership and the social regeneration of communities. It discusses the functions of local governments and roles that public managers and politicians should play to enhance social regeneration of communities. The chapter explains some key changing trends for each form of city leadership, and explores how they impact on social regeneration.
