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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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      ISBN 978-1-4473-5682-0 hardcover

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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