East Manchester has been the site of one of the most substantial regeneration projects internationally. The initiative in east Manchester confirmed the tag that the city is the 'regeneration capital' of the United Kingdom.While the book focuses on a single project, it has wider relevance to...

The aim of this article is to evaluate the Law of Historical Memory from a political perspective where politics is understood as "the art of the possible". It will be argued that the Law of Historical Memory is a product of the compromises which characterise the process of politics as usual in a...

Barcelona and Manchester have become paradigmatic examples of 'governance-beyond-the-state', 'new localism' or 'local state entrepreneurialism'. Whatever the label, citizen participation has become a key feature of governance in each city. This article argues that a useful way of understanding...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Historical Materialism -- 2 Capitalism -- 3 Class -- 4 The State -- 5 Imperialism -- 6 The Division of Labour -- 7 Oppression -- 8 Production and Reproduction -- 9 Revolution1 -- 10 Working-Class Internationalism -- 11 Equality -- 12...