Introduction: The City, Globalisation and Social Transformation Ronaldo Munck Part I: Regeneration 1. The Contemporary City: A Critical Perspective Karen Evans 2. From World City to Pariah City? Liverpool and the Global Economy, 1850-2000 Stuart Wilks-Heeg 3. Richard Meegan 4. Enhancing Spaces of Inclusion: Governance and the Urban Regeneration Litany Peris Jones Part II: Perspectives 5. Gendered Perspectives Colette Fagan 6. 'Ethnic' Perspectives Ola Uduku 7. Youth Perspectives Barry Goldson 8. Elders' Perspectives John Lansley Part III: Transformation 9. Living in the City: Poverty and Social Exclusion Tony Novak 10. Images of the City David Hall 11. Community Development: Rhetoric and Reality Barney Rooney 12. Futures for Liverpool Gideon Ben-Tovim