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The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion (2023)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R. (2023). The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion. In A. Mayne (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Modern Slum (162-179). New York: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190879457.013.10

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, addressing social exclusion and achieving greater social inclusion figured prominently in the “social policy” discourse of the European Union and of many national governments within it. This chapter discusses soc... Read More about The rise and decline of the European struggle against social exclusion.

Urban policy in European Cohesion Policy (2021)
Book Chapter
Zimmermann, K., & Atkinson, R. (2021). Urban policy in European Cohesion Policy. In The EU’s Cohesion Policy and Future Spatial Governance: Territorial, Social and Economic Challenges (83-97). New York: Edward Elgar

Since the early 1990s cities have been part of European Cohesion Policy (ECP) and much has been written on the relationship between ECP and cities. We will briefly summarize this process, highlighting the discursive shift from an anti-poverty agenda... Read More about Urban policy in European Cohesion Policy.

Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance? (2018)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Zimmermann, K. (2018). Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance?. In H. Heinelt, & S. Münch (Eds.), Handbook on Participatory Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Area-based initiatives (ABI) emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a new policy tool in the context of urban regeneration in various European countries, most notably Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, France and - somewhat later – Germany. The wider appli... Read More about Area-based initiatives – a facilitator for participatory governance?.

European spatial planning policy (2018)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Zimmermann, K. (2018). European spatial planning policy. In H. Heinelt, & S. Munch (Eds.), Handbook on EU Policies. Edward Elgar

In this chapter we argue that there has been a growing interest in spatial planning policies supported by the European Commission and a limited number of member states across Europe for several decades and that its roots lie in the planning systems a... Read More about European spatial planning policy.

Cohesion policy and cities: An ambivalent relationship (2016)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Zimmermann, K. (2016). Cohesion policy and cities: An ambivalent relationship. In S. Piattoni, & L. Polverari (Eds.), Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU (413-426). Cheltenham: Edward Elagar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715670.00042

Since the early 1990s the European Commission has launched several urban initiatives that were considered to be part of Cohesion policy. Initiatives such as URBAN I and URBAN II were widely accepted as successful urban programmes that helped cities t... Read More about Cohesion policy and cities: An ambivalent relationship.

Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks (2010)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R., & Rossignolo, C. (2010). Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks. In A. Hamedinger, & A. Wolffhardt (Eds.), The Europeanization of Cities - Policies, Urban Change & Urban Networks. Amsterdam: Techne Press

This chapter addresses the impact of the Europeanization process on cities; how cities are influenced by the process and how they influence the process. It breaks new ground by identifying and examining the types of networks that cities create (engag... Read More about Cities and the ‘soft side’ of Europeanization: the role of urban networks.

Spatial planning, urban policy and the search for integration: the example of a medium sized city – Plymouth (2010)
Book Chapter
Atkinson, R. (2010). Spatial planning, urban policy and the search for integration: the example of a medium sized city – Plymouth. In M. Cerreta, G. Concillo, & V. Monno (Eds.), Making Strategies in Spatial Planning: Knowledges and Values (101-122). Springer

An examination of how thinking on European Spatial Policy has impacted on England, the chapter seeks to examine this process of translation from the European to the national to the local level. It does this through a case study of Plymouth. The chapt... Read More about Spatial planning, urban policy and the search for integration: the example of a medium sized city – Plymouth.