A. Mcculloch, Evaluations of a community regeneration project: Case studies of cruddas park development trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, J SOC POL, 29, 2000, pp. 397-419
Five evaluations of the same community regeneration project in Newcastle up
on Tyne are compared. It is argued that the separate evaluations are weak i
n method, atheoretical, ahistorical and lacking in a sense of social struct
ure. To progress, community evaluations must typologise communities rather
than treat community as a nebulous quality of relationships. A typology is
offered. Further, it is suggested the community regeneration in this case w
as an extension of urban governance which artificially constructed what is
called an 'inverse' community.