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Community development as micropolitics : comparing theories, policies and politics in America and Britain /
Community development is routinely invoked as a practical solution to a myriad of social problems, even though there is little consensus about its meaning and purpose. Through a comparative analysis of competing US and UK perspectives on community development since 1968, this book critically examine...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAS MICROPOLITICS; Contents; About the author; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: what are the micropolitics of community development?; Community development; Social justice; Social welfare; Understanding community development as discourse; Organisation of the book; 2. Community development in a post-civil rights America; Introduction; 1968: the problematic transition from civil rights to economic rights; The rise and fall of the Democracy discourse; The rise and rise of the Power discourse; The rise of technocracy and the Poverty discourse; Conclusions
- 3. When technocracy met Marxism: community development projects in BritainIntroduction; The welfare state and social change ; The Rationalist discourse and the activist state; The Structuralist discourse and the activist state; Conclusions; 4. Community development and the rise of the New Right in America; Introduction; The New Right in the 1980s; The Populist discourse
- against ideology; The decline of radicalism in the Partnership discourse; The Empowerment discourse: a transformational approach?; Conclusions
- 5. From radicalism to realism: rethinking community development in a post-Marxist BritainIntroduction; The crisis of the left and the problem of 'actual existing socialism'; The post-Marxist discourse: reconstructing radicalism?; The Realist discourse: constructing a professional identity; Conclusions; 6. Commodifying community: American community development and neoliberal hegemony ; Introduction; The new Democrats in a post-Reagan America; The Revitalisation discourse: recapitalising communities; The Coalition discourse: unity through diversity; Conclusions
- 7. Privatising public life: neoliberalism and the dilemmas of British community developmentIntroduction; Thatcher's legacy in the 1990s; The Participation discourse: privatising public life; The Transformation discourse: reclaiming radical community development?; Conclusions; 8. Between economic crisis and austerity: what next for community development in America and Britain?; References; Index