UID:
almafu_9960151486102883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 181 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781447321385
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1447321383
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9781447313182
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1447313186
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9781447313205
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1447313208
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9781447313199
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1447313194
Content:
A critical examination of the contradictory ideas and practices that have shaped community development in the US and the UK. It exposes a problematic politics that have far-reaching consequences for those committed to working for social justice.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Feb 2022).
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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
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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
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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
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781447313175
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1447313178
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781322881256
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1322881251
Language:
English
DOI:
10.51952/9781447313199
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