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Evans, M. (2008) "Who is for Community Participation? Who is Community Participation for? Exploring the well-being potential for involvement in regeneration" Education, Knowledge and Economy Vol. 2, No.3 pp. 163-174
Evans, M., and Syrett, S. (2007) "Generating Social Capital? Collaborative Relations, the Social Economy and Local Development" Journal of European Urban and Regional Studies Vol. 14 No. 1
Evans, M. (2007)"Mutualising Cash in Hand? Social Enterprise, Informal Economic Activity and Deprived Neighbourhoods" Local Government Studies Vol.33, No.3, pp 383-399
Evans, M. (2005) "The Role of Social Capital in the Social Economy : The work of the CONSCISE Project" in Birkhölzer, K., Klein, A., Priller, E. and Zimmer, A. (eds.)Dritter Sektor/Drittes System: Theorie, Funktionswandel und zivilgesellschaftliche Perspektiven, Berlin: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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Director of Programmes in Politics and Social Science
Housing and Regeneration
Qualitative Research Methods
Politics and Contemporary Social Science
Social Exclusion, Neighbourhood renewal, community regeneration, informal economic activities, community economic development and social economy in UK and Europe.
Evans, Melvyn (2016) Social capital and the shadow economy. Journal of Economic Issues , 50 (1). pp. 43-58. ISSN 0021-3624
Evans, Melvyn (2014) Operationalising the concept of social capital: new perspectives and new measures. In: Social Capital and Economics: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity. Christoforou, Asimina and Davis, John B. , eds. Routledge Advances in Social Economics . Routledge, pp. 38-61. ISBN 9780415834131
Evans, Melvyn (2013) Mutualization and public services. In: Organisational innovation in public services: forms and governance. Valkama, Pekka and Bailey, Stephen J. and Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko , eds. Governance and Public Management . Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 92-110. ISBN 9781137011831
Evans, Melvyn (2008) Evans, M. (2008) “Who is for community participation? Who is community participation for? Exploring the well-being potential for involvement in regeneration” Education, Knowledge and Economy Vol. 2, No.3 pp. 163-174. Education, Knowledge and Economy .
Syrett, Stephen and Evans, Melvyn (2007) Generating social capital? The social economy and local economic development. European Urban and Regional Studies , 14 (1). pp. 53-72. ISSN 0969-7764