DIY community action : neighbourhood problems and community self-help /

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What is the relevance of community given a fast changing society? What kind of communities is it desirable to build? This book offers some answers to these questions & many more. It concludes that residents in difficult neighbourhoods often choose collective solutions to combat communal problems...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richardson, Liz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2008.
Colección:CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy.
Temas:
Community development, Urban.
Self-help groups.
Self-Help Groups
Développement communautaire urbain.
Groupes d'entraide.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Community development, Urban
Self-help groups
Nachbarschaftshilfe > Selbsthilfegruppe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • DIY community action; Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; 1. Introduction; 2. Talking to communities; 3. Why neighbourhoods and communities matter to residents; 4. Community action: so what?; 5. The value of volunteering; 6. How the groups organise themselves; 7. What gives residents the right to take charge; 8. Obstacles and limits, supports and potential; 9. Conclusions: championing community self-help; Appendix: The Gatsby Project: further details; References; Index

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