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9780745328164

The Future of Community Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745328164

  • ISBN10:

    0745328164

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-10-20
  • Publisher: UCP

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Summary

We are constantly being told that we are losing a 'sense of community'. This book shows that the notion of community is actually under threat from the very thing intended to protect it: relentless government intervention.

Author Biography

Austin Williams is author of The Enemies of Progress (2008). He is the founder of ManTownHuman, director of the Future Cities Project, visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art, author and illustrator of 'Shortcuts' and editor of NBS TV.
Dave Clements writes on social policy, and works as a policy adviser in children's social care. He has written widely for publications including Guardian Unlimited, spiked-online and Community Care Magazine.
Alastair Donald is researching Urban Systems and Metropolitan Design at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge.
Martin Earnshaw was a convenor of the 2006 Future of Community conference, held at Central St Martins.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Introduction: Who Needs Community Anyway?p. 1
In Search of Community
Faking Civil Societyp. 13
A Green Unpleasant Landp. 24
Public Space: Designing-in Communityp. 40
Constructing Communities
New New Urbanismp. 53
Density Versus Sprawlp. 67
Salvation by Brick? The Life and Death of British Communitiesp. 80
Communities in Flux
Strictly Personal: The Working Class Confined to Communityp. 93
Virtual Communities Versus Political Realitiesp. 104
Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Metropolitan Experiencep. 116
From Little Italy to Big Americap. 129
Rio on Galway: Immigration and Irelandp. 137
Undermining Communities
Communities on the Couchp. 147
Youthful Misbehaviour or Adult Traumas?p. 160
Parish Pump Politicsp. 170
Conclusion: A Death Greatly Exaggeratedp. 181
Contributorsp. 191
Indexp. 194
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