Introduction to Community : An Interdisciplinary Guide to Policy and Practice

by Popple, Keith

• ISBN13: 9780335209774
• ISBN10: 0335209777
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

Community is an elusive, imprecise, contradictory and sometimes controversial term. Not only can the term be applied to a geographical area, it is also reflected in people�s thinking and feeling as to where they believe a community exists. Despite these contested understandings notions of community are central to ways in which modern public sector services are planned, organised and delivered. This introductory, original text will assist students, practitioners and policy makers establish a clear and informed understanding of the role community has played in the evolution of important public services and why community remains a salient notion in contemporary developments.An Introduction to Communitywill provide readers with an invaluable framework for understanding the wider role of community as well as to how it impacts in the key areas of social work, health, housing and regeneration, criminal justice, education, community development, and youth work and informal education.

Author Biography

Keith Popple is Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University.

Anne Quinney is Senior Lecturer Social Work Education at Bournemouth University.

Tony Jeffs teaches in the Community and Youth Unit at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

Introduction
What is Community?
Social work
Healt
Housing and Regeneration
Criminal Justice
Education
Community Development
Youth Work and Informal education
The Multi-professional dimension