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Hope under Neoliberal Austerity
Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities
Edited by
Mel Steer, Simin Davoudi, Mark Shucksmith and Liz Todd
Foreword by
Lord Kerslake
First published in Great Britain in 2021 by
Policy Press, an imprint of
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Contents
List of tables, figures and boxes
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1Islands of hope in a sea of despair: civil society in an age of austerity
Simin Davoudi, Mel Steer, Mark Shucksmith and Liz Todd
2The North East of England: place, economy and people
Elizabeth Brooks and Mel Steer
PART I: The public sector and civil society
3The public sector and civil society: introduction
Mel Steer, Simin Davoudi, Liz Todd and Mark Shucksmith
4Innovation outside the state: the Glendale Gateway Trust
Patsy Healey, Tom Johnston and Frank Mansfield
5The Byker Community Trust and the ‘Byker Approach’
John Pendlebury and Jill Haley
6Cafe society: transforming community through quiet activism and reciprocity
Jane Midgley and Sam Slatcher
7‘Computer Says No’: exploring social justice in digital services
Clara Crivellaro, Lizzie Coles-Kemp and Karen Wood
8Drive to thrive: a place-based approach to tackling poverty in Gateshead
Mel Steer and Michael Walker
9City of Dreams: enabling children and young people’s cultural participation and civic voice in Newcastle and Gateshead
Ben Dickenson and Venda Louise Pollock
10Are we ‘all in this together’? Reflecting on the continuities between austerity and the COVID-19 crisis
Annette Hastings
PART II: The civic university
11The civic university: introduction
Liz Todd, Simin Davoudi, Mark Shucksmith and Mel Steer
12Reinventing a civic role for the 21st century: the cathedral and the university
John Goddard and Lindy Gilliland
13Realising the potential of universities for inclusive, innovation-led development: the case of the Newcastle City Futures Urban Living Partnership pilot
Louise Kempton and David Marlow
14Future Homes: developing new responses through new organisations
Rose Gilroy, Dominic Aitken and Philip Miller
15The good, the bad and the disconcerting: a week in the life of university project-based learning for schools
David Leat, Ulrike Thomas, Kirsty Hayward and Anne de A’Echevarria
16The containment of democratic innovation: reflections from two university collaborations
David Webb, Daniel Mallo, Armelle Tardiveau, Caroline Emmerson, Mark Pardoe and Marion Talbot
17Citizen power, the university and the North East
Sara Bryson and Liz Todd
18So what is a university in any case? A grass-roots perspective on the university and urban social justice
Paul Benneworth
19Conclusion: hope in an age of austerity and a time of anxiety
Mark Shucksmith, Simin Davoudi, Liz Todd and Mel Steer
Index
List of tables, figures and boxes
Tables
14.1Stakeholder organisations in the Future Homes Alliance
14.2Cooking/dining themes in order of importance
Figures
2.1North East England and its constituent local authorities