| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 examines the contradictory ideas and practices that have shaped this field. Such an approach exposes problematic politics that have far-reaching consequences for those committed to working for social justice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed February 10, 2015) |
| Subject |
Community development -- United States
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Community development -- Great Britain
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Social planning -- United States
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Social planning -- Great Britain
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
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Community development
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Social planning
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781447313199 |
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1447313194 |
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