Community Self-Help

by Burns, Danny; Williams, Colin C.; Winderbank, Jan

• ISBN13: 9780333912669
• ISBN10: 0333912667
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book explores the dynamics of community self help in local neighbourhoods. It shows how widespread it is, and argues that it should be considered as the third major sector of social and economic organization (alongside the state and market). Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams and Jan Windebank examine community self-help as a springboard into the mainstream, a complement to it, and an alternative. Finally, the book opens out a vision of social organization with self-help and mutual aid at its heart.

Author Biography

Danny Burns is a Professor of Social and Organisational Learning at the University of the West of England.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(5)
1 Arguments for Self-Help and Mutual Aid	6	(23)
2 Conceptualising Community Self-Help	29	(19)
3 The Extent of Community Self-Help	48	(22)
4 A Route into Employment: Community Self-Help as a Springboard	70	(19)
5 A Complement to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Coping Strategy	89	(12)
6 An Alternative to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Challenge	101	(16)
7 Supporting and Developing Community Self-Help	117	(14)
8 Community Self-Help in Visions of Future Political Organisation	131	(17)
References	148	(13)
Index	161