There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream...

1. Introduction : enterprise and deprivation / Alan Southern -- 2. Enterprise : a route out of disadvantage and deprivation? / Julian Frankish, Richard Roberts and David Storey -- 3. Blind faith : entrepreneurship and the revitalization of inner-city minority communities / Timothy Bates and...