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The Fall of Public Man.

Craig Calhoun, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1978 - 
- Vol. 56, Iss: 2, pp 1255
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Powerlessness, Empowerment, and Health: Implications for Health Promotion Programs

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Five Faces of Oppression

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Transforming Technology: A Critical Theory Revisited

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Measure for Measure: Evaluating the Evidence of Culture's Contribution to Regeneration

TL;DR: The evidence of how far flagship and major cultural projects contribute to a range of regeneration objectives is, however, limited as mentioned in this paper, and measuring the social, economic and environmental impacts attributed to the cultural element in area regeneration is problematic and the 'evidence' is seldom robust.