Module Identifier GG38310  
Module Title URBAN POLITICS, HOUSING AND PLANNING  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Professor Mark A Goodwin  
Semester Semester 2  
Course delivery Lecture   20 Hours  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours Written examination. Answer two questions from four. Resit examinations will have the same format.   100%  

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module students should be able to :-

Content

1.Introduction to Module; Themes and issues

2. The 19th century 'problem' and the rise of state intervention

3. The inter-war years; the rise of suburbia and the 'dream' denied
4.

5. Building the 'New Jerusalem'; post-war public housing
6.

7. The rise of the Keynesian Welfare State: Planning for a new society
8.

9. The rediscovery of poverty and the development of urban policy
10.

11. From urban policy to inner-city policy
12.

13. Selling the welfare state
14.

15. Privatising urban politics; partnerships and regeneration
16.

17. New Labour, new regions, new cities
18.

19. Revision session; themes and issues
20.

Aims

The module aims to examine the contemporary and historical development of state intervention in the urban arena, concentrating on the areas of housing, urban policy and planning policy. In so doing the course seeks to analyse critically the reasons for, and limits to, state intervention in urban development, stressing the interaction between local, national and broader international political processes.

Reading Lists

Books
A. Midwinter. (1994) The Development of Social Welfare in Britain. Open University Press: Buckingham
N. Oatley. (1998) Cities, Economic Competition and Urban Policy. Paul Chapman: London
A. Thornley. (1991) Urban Planning Under Thatcherism. Routledge: London
R. Atkinson and G. Moon. (1994) Urban Policy in Britain: The City, the State and the Market. Macmillan, London
R. Burrows and B. Loader (ed.). (1994) Towards a Post-Fordist Welfare State?. Routledge: London
S. Duncan and M. Goodwin. (1988) The Local State and Uneven Development.
R. Forrest and A. Murie. (1991) Selling the Welfare State. Routledge: London
C. Hamnett. (1998) Winners and Losers: Home Ownership in Modern Britain. UCL Press: London
R. Imrie and H. Thomas. (1993) British Urban Policy and the Urban Development Corporations. Paul Chapman: London
P. Lawless and F. Brown. (1988) Urban Growth and Change in Britain. Harper & Row: London
P. Lawless. (1989) Britain's Inner Cities: Problems and Policies. Harper & Row: London
P. Malpass and A. Murie. (1998) Housing Policy and Practice. Macmillan: London
S. Merrett. (1979) State Housing in Britain. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London