Social Problems and the City: New Perspectives

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Part 1 Background: social and economic futures for the large city, Brian Robson the vulnerable, the disadvantaged and the victimized - who they are and where they live, Paul L.Knox politics, society and urban problems, Keith Hoggart urban transformation - from problems in to the problem of the city, Roger Lee. Part 2 Specific issues: the environmental problems of cities, Ian Douglas resources and finances for the city, Robert J.Bennett health-care policy issues, John Mohan educational change in the city, Michael G.Bradford the housing question, Peter Kemp community welfare services in the inner city, Sarah Curtis social problems of elderly people in cities, Anthony M.Warnes women's inequality in urban Britain, Jane Lewis and Sophie Bowlby urban unemployment, Ian R.Gordon economic restructuring, the urban crisis and Britain's black population, Vaughan Robinson the challenge of urban crime, Susan Smith riots as a social problem in British cities, Michael Keith heroin use in its social context, Geoffrey Pearson alcoholism and alcohol control policy, Christopher J.Smith. Part 3 Policy response: local initiatives for economic regeneration, Andrew P.Church and John M.Hall urban intervention in the 1980s, John Eyles.

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