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Searching for Community - Representation, Power and Action on an Urban Estate (Hardcover)
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Searching for Community - Representation, Power and Action on an Urban Estate (Hardcover)
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At a time when politicians place increasing importance on the role
of 'community' in overcoming social problems, "Searching for
Community" asks the vital question 'what is community, anyway?'. Is
it an answer to social problems or an illusion to be dismissed?
This insightful book is written from the perspective of the late
Jeremy Brent's thirty year involvement as a youth worker in
Southmead, a housing estate in Bristol and a place where discourses
of community run strong. "Searching for Community" presents a
variety of perspectives to challenge the ways in which areas of
poverty and disrepute are represented. It examines ways to
understand and engage with the troublesome concept of 'community',
vividly describing the collective actions of young people and
adults to show the way community is enacted as a combination of
dreams, actions and materiality.Providing a unique mix of practical
knowledge and a sophisticated analysis of popular, professional,
and theoretical ideas of community, "Searching for Community" makes
uneasy reading for those looking for simplistic solutions to issues
including youth crime, social marginalisation and community
empowerment. This accessible book is a must-read for students and
practitioners in the fields of community development, sociology and
youth work who wish to get beyond the rhetoric and engage with the
complexities of discourses of community.
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