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Contested Communities
Paul Hoggett
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Description for Contested Communities
Paperback.
'Community' is a much used yet little understood term. Through a set of detailed case studies of communities in action this book examines the sources of community activism, the ways in which communities define themselves, and are defined by outsiders, and the nature of the interface between communities and public agencies via partnerships. The essays indicate how communities are sites for internal conflict between the young and old, men and women, and for external conflict with local and central government and other public agencies. The important role of women is another strong theme. Contested communities provides detailed pictures of community ... Read more
'Community' is a much used yet little understood term. Through a set of detailed case studies of communities in action this book examines the sources of community activism, the ways in which communities define themselves, and are defined by outsiders, and the nature of the interface between communities and public agencies via partnerships. The essays indicate how communities are sites for internal conflict between the young and old, men and women, and for external conflict with local and central government and other public agencies. The important role of women is another strong theme. Contested communities provides detailed pictures of community ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861340368
SKU
V9781861340368
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99-50
Reviews for Contested Communities
"... a useful, readable, and illuminating collection of papers on community as lived experience, on community as a site for collective resistance and struggle, and community as a focus for policy interventions." Community Development Journal "Clearly written and well-structured ... I welcome the publication of this book." Marjorie Mayo