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The idea of community involvement and empowerment has become central to politics in recent years. Governments, keen to reduce public spending and increase civic involvement, believe active communities are essential for tackling a range of social, economic and political challenges, such as crime, sustainable development and the provision of care.
Public Policy in the Community examines the way that community and the ideas associated with it – civil society, social capital, mutuality, networks – have been understood and applied from the 1960s to the present day. Marilyn Taylor examines the issues involved in putting the community at the heart of policy making, and considers the political and social implications of such a practice. Drawing on a wide range of relevant examples from around the world, the book considers the success of existing approaches and the prospects for further developments. Thoroughly updated to reflect advances in research and practice, the new edition of this important text gives a state-of-the-art assessment of the place of community in public policy.
Table of Contents
The Changing Fortunes of Community
Community in Policy and Practice
Ideas of Community
Contradictions of Community
Prescribing Community to the Poor
Power and Empowerment
Power in the Policy Process
Experiencing Empowerment
Reclaiming Community
Reclaiming Power
The Challenge for Communities
The Institutional Challenge
Community Empowerment: Myth or Reality?
Product details
| Published | 13 Jul 2011 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9780230344099 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Public Policy and Politics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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