Neighbourhood Houses : Building Community in Vancouver /

"As recognition grows that globalization and migration are creating social disconnection in modern urban cities and urban communities are at risk of becoming fragmented, Neighbourhood Houses draws on a five-year study to document and contextualize an antidote: the neighbourhood house movement....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lauer, Sean (Editor ), Yan, Miu Chung (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : UBC Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social participation.
Social action.
Neighborhoods.
Community organization.
Community life.
Neighborhoods > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Social participation > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Social action > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Community life > British Columbia > Vancouver.
Community organization > British Columbia > Vancouver.
British Columbia > Vancouver.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History of Vancouver Neighbourhood Houses and Beyond / Sean Lauer, Miu Chung Yan, and Eleanor Stebner
  • The Eyes and Ears of the Community: Engaging Citizens and Community Advocacy / Oliver Schmidtke
  • Mechanism of Connection: Accessibility and Beyond / Miu Chung Yan
  • Social Infrastructure for Building Community / Sean Lauer
  • Trajectories of Life and Belonging in the Neighbourhood Houses of Metro Vancouver / Pilar Riaño-Alcalá and Erika Ono
  • From Immigrant to Citizen: Life Stories of Transformation / Jenny Francis
  • Limitations and Potentials of Neighbourhood Houses in Community-Building / Miu Chung Yan and Sean Lauer.

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