Government regulation to protect health, safety, and the environment has for the past several years been indicted for the additional costs it has imposed on industry. Studies have documented that regulation can dramatically change the costs of production and alter the competitive structure...

Drawing upon the work of Bourdieu, Foucault and Fairclough, this paper focuses on the discursive construction of partnership and empowerment in the official discourse of contemporary British urban regeneration. The paper argues that partnership and empowerment are not neutral terms but are...