Briefings

Fifty years of what?

December 14, 2016

<p><span>The history of regeneration in Scotland is a long and curious one.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s also been an expensive one. Stretching back more than fifty years, it is curious because it&rsquo;s not clear what the primary objective of all that investment has been. By targeting the most disadvantaged areas, a working assumption has been that it has something to do with tackling poverty although this has never been an explicit aim - which is just as well judging by the evidence. So what has it all been for? Douglas Robertson from Stirling Uni tries to make sense of it.</span></p>

 

Author: Douglas Robertson, Stirling University writing in Bella Caledonia

 To read Douglas Robertson’s paper click here