Neoliberalism and Urban Regeneration: London's Communities Finding a Voice and Fighting Back

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Roger Green (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London) Keith Popple (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London)

Neoliberalism and Urban Regeneration

London's Communities Finding a Voice and Fighting Back

Roger Green (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London), Keith Popple (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London)

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Bristol University Press
14 August 2025

Poverty & unemployment; Urban communities; Political geography

London is a major global city which attracts a massive influx of capital while concentrating power and wealth in the hands of the few, with many communities suffering housing shortages, poverty and dispossession. How can its diverse communities fight back against exclusionary regeneration projects?

This accessible book tells the story of the Voice4Deptford campaign in Southeast London, that has taken radical democratic and creative action to resist the destructive influence of neoliberalism at the community level. It shows how top-down change is challenged and, together with case studies from across London, offers powerful ways forward for other urban communities globally.

By: Roger Green (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths University of London), Keith Popple (Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529243956
ISBN 10: 1529243955
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 14 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roger Green is Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London and Vice-Chair of the Voice4Deptford Campaign. An urban sociologist and community activist, he has worked alongside urban communities in London, the UK, Europe and globally promoting community voices and action. An advocate of ‘communities know best’ supporting co-production and participatory action research methodologies. Keith Popple is a researcher, author and Emeritus Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University. He has contributed widely to the areas of social work, community development and social policy. He is editor and contributor to several books including as author of Analysing Community Work: Theory and Practice (Open University Press).

Reviews for Neoliberalism and Urban Regeneration: London's Communities Finding a Voice and Fighting Back

‘This book offers an inspirational Gramscian-based critique of neoliberalism and regeneration in Deptford, London and importantly highlights how communities can oppose redevelopment which is not done ""in their name"".' Paul Watt, London School of Economics 'A master class in how globalisation and capitalism combined, when poorly constrained, eroded trust and splintered community...revealing how austerity urbanism was the wolf that dressed itself in sheep's clothing of regeneration and redevelopment.' Danny Dorling, University of Oxford