Area-based polices have become a significant part of the new LabourGovernment’s approach to tackling social exclusion. This paper reviewsthe long-running debate about whether area-based policies can make asignificant impact on poverty and social exclusion. There is a strongtradition of...

[...]The work of the National Equality Panel will underpin the response by all strategic publicauthorities to Clause One of the Equality Bill which places a new legal duty on key publicbodies to consider, in all the important decisions they make and all important actions theytake, how they can...

This report was jointly commissioned by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) in the Office ofthe Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Economic and Social Research Council. It containsboth full and summary reports of a literature review of neighbourhood change, undertaken withthe primary aim of...

The study examined neighbourhood drug markets in the context of the new policyagenda for neighbourhood renewal, including the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategyand New Deal for Communities. It sought to:• identify the extent of drug market activity in deprived neighbourhoods and todescribe its...

‘Places Apart?’ is the first report of CASE’s study of disadvantaged areas. The study aims to establishand explain the current direction of change in the poorest areas in the country, where social exclusionis concentrated. Are such areas recovering or getting worse ? And how are they...

We provide evidence on the extent of ethnic segregation experienced bychildren across secondary schools and neighbourhoods (wards). Using 2001Schools Census and Population Census data we employ the indices ofdissimilarity and isolation and compare patterns of segregation across nineethnic...

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower indisadvantaged areas than others and much recent policy attention has beenfocused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring therelationships between disadvantaged contexts, what schools do, and the qualityof...

Renewed interest in disadvantaged neighbourhoods is generating increasingresearch activity. Current work includes qualitative community studies andquantitative investigations of area effects on individual outcomes. This papercriticises the contribution of area effects research to date....

Area-based programmes have long been a feature of urban policy in the UK.One rationale is that they are an effective means to target poor people. Areadeprivation indices are used to identify areas for targeting. This paper reviewsthe different results produced by these indices. It then examines...