Searching for community : : Representation, power and action on an urban estate /

Searching for community : : Representation, power and action on an urban estate / / Jeremy Brent.

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 insig...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
VerfasserIn:
Brent, Jeremy,
MitwirkendeR:
Brent, Colin,
Dorney, Patrick,
Johnson, Richard,
Mayo, Marjorie,
Nicholls, Doug,
Pierce, Mike,
Teddy, Pauline,
Trevor,,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Notes on the author
  • Introduction
  • Four settings: contexts and questions
  • Researching Southmead: problems of representation and participation
  • The intelligent outsider? Official and media representations of Southmead
  • Knowledge from within: community art and local representations
  • The outsider within: crossing worlds
  • Young people and community: trouble and tribes
  • Four examples of community action in Southmead
  • What is community anyway?
  • Engaging with community
  • Communicating what youth work achieves: the smile and the arch
  • Author’s acknowledgements
  • Southmead eight years on
  • Why Jeremy Brent’s work is more relevant than ever
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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