Publisher's Synopsis
Based on a conference which assembled politicians from the three major parties in the UK, as well as journalists and academics from around the world, this book looks at the realities of industrial decline and the possibilities of community regeneration and development. Contributors use examples of good practice to show how communities can become more self-reliant. They promote wide-ranging reforms and policy suggestions which will enable the voluntary sector to become a confident, effective partner with the public and private sectors. They consider how decline can be halted and even reversed in time for the millenium.
