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Interest in 'community' has increased in recent years for a variety
of reasons, including civil renewal, active citizenship and the
increasing diversity of British society. This is highlighted by the
increasing governmental emphasis on 'community', leading up to the
current ideas of the 'Big Society'. Understanding community is a
topical text providing a clear understanding of policy and theory
in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy,
such as economic development, education, health, housing, and
community safety, this book explores the difficulties that
communities face in dealing with state power as well as discussing
the new concepts of community cohesion, social capital and
community capacity building. The author challenges our
understanding of community and assesses the strengths and
limitations of this understanding. This book is essential for
students studying social policy, social work and sociology, and an
invaluable resource for policymakers in community development,
urban regeneration and allied fields.
This topical book links housing issues in other areas of social
policy drawing on current themes in the social sciences. It
transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively,
interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study.
Housing is fundamentally integrated into the welfare system and
therefore requires exploration using conceptual ideas drawn from
the social sciences. This book aims to encourage those studying and
working in both social policy and housing to think refelxively
about housing as a central instrument of social policy, rather than
considering it to be an isolated occupation that merely requires
the application of technical and administrative skills. As well as
two chapters expounding and reviewing the centrality of housing to
wider social policy and social experience, this book is largely
comprised of chapters which each consider a specific social
category, such as class, gender, or disability, and evaluate the
experience and understanding of housing and social policy under
this category. The authors address themes of residential
experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and
professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the h
Contents: 1. Introduction: a theory of social relations 2. Households and families 3. Communities and community development 4. Contractual relations and social divisions 5. State-citizen relations and social justice 6. Policy implications: the case of housing 7. Conclusion
This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws
upon theory from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding
of community in capitalist society. The book takes a more critical
look at the literature on community, community development and the
politics of community, and applies this critical approach to themes
introduced in the first edition on economic development, learning,
health and social care, housing, and policing, taking into account
the changes in policy that have taken place, particularly in the
UK, since the first edition was written. It will be a valuable
resource for researchers and students of social policy, sociology
and politics as well as areas of housing and urban studies.
This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws
upon theory from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding
of community in capitalist society. The book takes a more critical
look at the literature on community, community development and the
politics of community, and applies this critical approach to themes
introduced in the first edition on economic development, learning,
health and social care, housing, and policing, taking into account
the changes in policy that have taken place, particularly in the
UK, since the first edition was written. It will be a valuable
resource for researchers and students of social policy, sociology
and politics as well as areas of housing and urban studies.
The British countryside is a national institution; most people
aspire to live there, many people use it for leisure and recreation
and we can all watch rural life played out on our television
screen, read about it in novels or consume its imagery in art and
cinematography. The aim of this book is to explore the way that
these aspirations and perceptions influence the way that the term
"rural" is interpreted across different academic disciplines.
Definitions of rural are not exact, leaving room for these
interpretations to have a significant impact on the meanings
conveyed in different areas of research and across different
economic, social and spatial contexts. In this book contributors
present research across a range of subjects allowing critical
reflections upon their personal and disciplinary interpretations of
"rural". This resulting volume is a collection of diverse chapters
that gives an emergent sense of how the notion of "rural" changes
and blurs as the disciplinary lens is adjusted. In drawing together
these strands, it becomes clear that human relations with rural
space morph materiality into highly complex representations wherein
both disadvantage and social exclusion persist within a rurality
that is also commodified, consumed and cherished.
The British countryside is a national institution; most people
aspire to live there, many people use it for leisure and recreation
and we can all watch rural life played out on our television
screen, read about it in novels or consume its imagery in art and
cinematography. The aim of this book is to explore the way that
these aspirations and perceptions influence the way that the term
"rural" is interpreted across different academic disciplines.
Definitions of rural are not exact, leaving room for these
interpretations to have a significant impact on the meanings
conveyed in different areas of research and across different
economic, social and spatial contexts. In this book contributors
present research across a range of subjects allowing critical
reflections upon their personal and disciplinary interpretations of
"rural". This resulting volume is a collection of diverse chapters
that gives an emergent sense of how the notion of "rural" changes
and blurs as the disciplinary lens is adjusted. In drawing together
these strands, it becomes clear that human relations with rural
space morph materiality into highly complex representations wherein
both disadvantage and social exclusion persist within a rurality
that is also commodified, consumed and cherished.
Early in the twenty-first century, homelessness remains a pressing
social issue in the United Kingdom. Yet, the needs and experiences
of people who are, or have been, homeless are often ignored or
misunderstood. This book depicts the real life stories of five
people experiencing homelessness and describes, in their own words,
the life events that preceded their homeless episodes and the
challenges they face in moving forward with their lives.
This is the first book to focus on how racism affects the housing
choices available to black and other ethnic minority groups and how
this contributes to social exclusion. Using a practical approach,
the contributors analyse the implications of social exclusion,
offering suggestions for good practice in the allocation of housing
for black and other ethnic minority groups. 'Race', Housing and
Social Exclusion shows how racism and the shortage of housing
workers from black and other ethnic minorities constrain the
choices available to these groups, thereby preventing them from
having an active role in society. Each chapter investigates a
different aspect of the situation that black and other ethnic
minority groups face, including: Their housing needs The procedure
of the allocation of housing Patterns of housing settlement of
black and other ethnic minority groups The employment of black and
other ethnic minority staff in housing associations. This book also
gives examples of the experiences and aspirations of black and
other ethnic minority groups and relates them to subjects such as
cultural differences within and among black and other ethnic
minority groups, and the further social exclusion which arises from
housing associations which help a specific ethnic minority group.
`Race', Housing and Social Exclusion challenges existing views,
which are based on broad generalisations of black and other ethnic
minority groups, and also points to future policy making and
strategic planning.
Tom Kelly's atmospheric photos capture the ever-shifting light and
shadow of the Irish landscape, and Somerville-Large provides a
lively accompaniment of literary background and anecdote to the
images. A visual and intellectual journey through Ireland's
literary traditions.
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