ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to contribute to the analysis of issues of race, class, and urban policy in Britain by focusing on a major city located in northern England, Liverpool. It provides an assessment of the initiatives that have been demanded, opposed, and adopted within this framework in Liverpool. The experiences of the black community in Liverpool also deserve intensive examination because these experiences provide crucial insight into the meaning of formal citizenship for the black population in Britain. The black community in Liverpool has experienced a system of racial oppression unparalleled in the United Kingdom. Discriminatory housing policies have confined black residency principally to an urban community known as Liverpool 8 or the Toxteth/Granby area. This community is characterized by weak housing stock and a lower level of public services. Liverpool's experience in this crucial area helps to illuminate the potential for progress, as well as the potential for blockage, extant within the British political system.
