Strategic Partnerships at Local Level: Just Rhetoric or a Way Forward?

Abstract

This paper explores the issues around the recent developments of Strategic Partnerships at Local Level based on the initiatives for community regeneration and economic development introduced by the New Labour in order to achieve urban renaissance. The paper sets the policy scene emphasising on strategic partnership arrangements and suggests the steps needed for achieving urban renaissance. It concludes with the reasons why Strategic Partnerships at Local Level constitute a worthwhile way forward recognising though significant dysfunctional elements in the implementation of policies