Social Justice and the Politics of Community

by Everingham, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780754633983
• ISBN10: 0754633985
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Social welfare is the focus of much discussion and there is a broad spectrum of political opinion that agrees on the need for urgent reform. This captivating volume provides an in-depth, coherent political analysis that enables the diverse discourses informing current social policy debates to be identified and understood in broader perspective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
PART I: CHALLENGING NARRATIVES OF COMMUNITY DECLINE
Introduction	3	(8)
1 The Politics of Community	11	(16)
2 Redefining Poverty as 'Social Exclusion': Political Responses to Globalization	27	(12)
3 Creating 'The Battler': The Politics of Community and the Psychology of Populist Politics	39	(18)
PART II: COMMUNITY AS A TERRAIN OF POLITICAL CONTESTATION
Introduction	57	(6)
4 A Portrait of the Australian Community: Tracing the Changing Face of Community through the Political Discourse of the Australian Labor Party	63	(8)
5 Transforming the Welfare State: The Community Politics of the New Left	71	(14)
6 Community as a Critic of Government: Expanding the Role of Welfare Communities	85	(10)
7 Government as a Critic of Community: Corporatizing Welfare Communities	95	(12)
PART III: THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SOCIAL CONSENSUS
Introduction	107	(2)
8 Rediscovering 'The Social' through the Concept of Social Capital	109	(14)
9 Beyond Social Capital	123	(14)
Bibliography	137	(8)
Index	145