Towards understanding community
Subtitle: people and places
By: edited by Christopher J. Clay, Mary Madden, Laura Potts
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230542648
Subjects: Class of 1938; Memorial bookplates; Social policy; Community development; Whitman College; Social planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: People and places : an introduction towards understanding community / Christopher J. Clay, Mary Madden, Laura Potts; title: The signature quilt / Roxy Walsh; title: Locating community : an introduction / Christopher J. Clay; title: The politics of community : new labour and the eclipse of society / Simon Parker; title: Learning communities and tertiary education / Stuart Billingham; title: "For all the women out there" : community and the ethics of care in the marketing of a breast cancer fundraising event / Julia D'Aloisio; title: Contingent communities : British social policy and the invention of refugee communities / Lynnette Kelly; title: Justice within and between communities / Mary Madden; title: Globalization, multiple threats and the weakness of international institutions : a community-centred response / Simon Sweeney; title: The ideal of a sustainable community, 2006 / Kristina Peat; title: Community informatics : building civil society in the information age? / Leigh Keeble; title: Working with the community : research and action / Gayle Letherby, Geraldine Brady, Geraldine Brown; title: Impetus, a movement towards shared ethical values and human rights / Adam Short; title: Building healthy communities / Laura Potts; title: How communities can use geographical information systems / Steve Cinderby; title: Community capacity building, community development and health : a case study of "Health Issues in the Community" / Richard Phillips; title: A community of expertise : positioning the UK environmental breast cancer movement / Laura Potts; title: Towards understanding community : promoting participatory working / Pat Turton.