Urban Regeneration and Neoliberalism: The New Liverpool Home

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This book explores the concept of ‘home’ in Liverpool over phases of ‘regeneration’ following the Second World War. Using qualitative research in the oral history tradition, it explores what the author conceptualises as ‘forward-facing’ regeneration in the period up to the 1980s, and neoliberal regeneration interventions that ‘prioritise the past’ from the 1980s to the present. The author examines how the shift towards city centre-focused redevelopment and ‘event-led’ initiatives has implications for the way residents make sense of their conceptualisations of ‘home’, and demonstrates how the shift in regeneration focus, discourse, and practice, away from Liverpool’s neighbourhood districts and towards the city centre, has produced changes in the ways that residents identify with neighbourhoods and the city centre, with prominence being given to the latter. Employing Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus and field as mechanisms for understanding different senses of home and shifts from localised views to globalised views, this book will appeal to those with interests in urban sociology, regeneration, geography, sociology, home cultures, and cities. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction: Regeneration and the making of home in Liverpool Thinking about home Methodology Liverpool, habitus and home Overview of the book Notes Bibliography Chapter 2 The meaning(s) of home Introduction The etymology and development of the terms ‘house’ and ‘home’ Meanings of home Home as place: Concentric circles Home as experience: Feelings of home Home as memories: Family life and the passage of time Home as space, place, mobility, and stasis Loss of home, homelessness, and domicide Conclusion: Applying ideas about home to the Liverpool context Notes Bibliography Chapter 3 Introducing Liverpool and the Liverpool home Divided Liverpool Notes Bibliography Chapter 4 1950s and 1960s regeneration: Obliterating obsolescence and building a Liverpool for the future 1970s: Recession, decline, regeneration gone wrong and the re-establishment of negative reputation Notes Bibliography Chapter 5 Back in time for the future: ‘Backward-facing’ regeneration in Liverpool from 1980 1980s: Continued decline, political crisis, entrenchment of negative stereotypes, and the discovery of ‘heritage’ 1990s: Consolidation of negativity, social exclusion discourse, and nascent gentrification Millennial Liverpool: regeneration, re-gentrification, and ‘everything is awesome’ discourse Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 6 The Liverpool home in the ‘forward-facing’ era People loved the home that they had People were sorry to lose and tried to keep and protect the home that they had People loved the home that they got Difficulties and setbacks to overcome Notes Bibliography Chapter 7 The Liverpool home in the ‘backward-facing’ era Taking stock and evaluating what we already had Establishing a future based on the past, and a culture authorised by primary definers Re-prioritisation of the city centre to the detriment of districts Access to and ownership of contemporary regeneration – inclusion, exclusion, and ‘ambassadorisation’ Bread and circuses: Event-driven regeneration Notes Bibliography Chapter 8 Pierre Bourdieu, habitus, and the ‘new’ Liverpool home Habitus and Home Bibliography Chapter 9 Conclusion Bibliography Pen portraits Mary Rita Jill Irene Jodie Sandra Joey Dave Susie Martha Jackie Maureen Ronnie Lynne Brian Christine Roy Enid Peter Teresa Tony Jeni Paul Carl Anne John Gary Pat Maureen Colette Index