This collection examines the transformations that have characterized cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyzes ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and co-operation are realized in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring and changing forms of urban governance on patterns of urban deprivation and social exclusion. These processes, they contend, are creating patterns of social division and new forms of regulation and control.

After the landslide election of a new Labour government in May 1997, what are the key social policy issues and problems which the new government needs to address?
Social Issues and Party Politics looks at the manifestos of the main parties and the way social issues figured in the 1997 election campaign and the early days of the new government. Chapters discuss green issues, the management and financing of welfare in contemporary Britain, the delivery of key services in health, education, employment, criminal justice, housing, personal social services, pensions and other areas of...

This book explores the complexities of drugs policy in Britain, contradicting the over simplified representation found in the public sphere. The is a must read for all scholars of Politics, Medicine and Social Science interested in the current debate raging around British Drug Policy.