Community and Public Policy
Published on 20. December 1993
Book
Hardback
281 pages
978-0-7453-0800-5 (ISBN)
Description
A text which explores the organizational advances that have taken place within community practice over the last decade and how ideas of community and "community practice" have found a place within public and social policies since the 1980s. The book is arranged to enable the reader to use it as a reference work as much as a text. It explains the key terms in the field and examines why "community" has become such a feature of various public policies in recent years. The contributors critically examine six policy areas, review the present status and future possibilities from three perspectives (environmentalism, equality and democratic-citizenship) and finally summarise their findings.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
364 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-0800-5 (9780745308005)
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Content
Part 1 Concepts and context: introduction, Hugh Butcher; methods and themes, Andrew Glenn; social change and the active community, Jerry Smith; why community policy?, H. Butcher. Part 2 Community policy in practice: community youth work, Sarah Banks; community arts, Lola Clinton and A. Glenn; community enterprise, Jenny Lynn; community policing, Mollie Weatherit; community government, Mohammed Habeebullah and Dave Slater; community care, Liz McShane. Part 3 Critical perspectives: the bodies politic - equality, difference and community practice, Helen Meekosha; green perspectives on community and public policy, Nigel Roome; community policy, citizenship and democracy, H. Butcher and Maurice Mullard. Part 4 Conclusions: findings, frameworks and futures, Paul Henderson.