Community Development as Micropolitics : : Comparing Theories, Policies and Politics in America and Britain / / Akwugo Emejulu.
Community development is routinely invoked as a practical solution to tackle a myriad of social problems, even though there is little consensus about its meaning and purpose. Through a comparative analysis of competing perspectives on community development since 1968, this book critically examines t...
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Emejulu, Akwugo, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Community Development as Micropolitics : Comparing Theories, Policies and Politics in America and Britain / Akwugo Emejulu. Bristol : Policy Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (192 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Front Matter -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: what are the micropolitics of community development? -- Community development in a post-civil rights America -- When technocracy met Marxism: community development projects in Britain -- Community development and the rise of the New Right in America -- From radicalism to realism: rethinking community development in a post-Marxist Britain -- Commodifying community: American community development and neoliberal hegemony -- Privatising public life: neoliberalism and the dilemmas of British community development -- Between economic crisis and austerity: what next for community development in America and Britain? -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Community development is routinely invoked as a practical solution to tackle a myriad of social problems, even though there is little consensus about its meaning and purpose. Through a comparative analysis of competing perspectives on community development since 1968, this book critically examines the contradictory ideas and practices that have shaped this field in the US and the UK. This approach exposes a problematic politics that have far-reaching consequences for those committed to working for social justice. This accessible book offers an alternative model for thinking about the politics of community development and so will appeal to academics, postgraduate students and community development workers. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Community development Great Britain. Community development United States. Social problems Great Britain. Social problems United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015 9783111196428 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781447313199 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781447313199/original |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: what are the micropolitics of community development? -- Community development in a post-civil rights America -- When technocracy met Marxism: community development projects in Britain -- Community development and the rise of the New Right in America -- From radicalism to realism: rethinking community development in a post-Marxist Britain -- Commodifying community: American community development and neoliberal hegemony -- Privatising public life: neoliberalism and the dilemmas of British community development -- Between economic crisis and austerity: what next for community development in America and Britain? -- References -- Index |
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