INNER-CITY POLICY IN BRITAIN - WHY IT WILL NOT GO AWAY

The authors seek to explain why the inner city has remained on the age nda of British governments since the 1960s. Several factors suggest th at government attention to the issue should wane over time: the absenc e of a strong constituency, limited salience to the state's core inter ests, and the relative failure of past policy. In fact, top government ministers and senior officials have played an active role in maintain ing the issue on the agenda. To explain the continued visibility of th is issue, one must consider the moral dimension of policy making along with theories of agenda setting.