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Community Groups in Context: Local Activities and Actions
Angus McCabe
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Description for Community Groups in Context: Local Activities and Actions
Hardback. .
In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of `below the regulatory radar' community action has received little research attention and thus is poorly understood in terms of both policy and practice. Focusing on self-organised community activity, this book offers the first collection of papers developing theoretical and empirically grounded knowledge of the informal, unregistered, yet largest, part of the voluntary sector. The collection includes work from leading academics, activists, policy makers and practitioners offering a new and coherent understanding of community action `below ... Read more
In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of `below the regulatory radar' community action has received little research attention and thus is poorly understood in terms of both policy and practice. Focusing on self-organised community activity, this book offers the first collection of papers developing theoretical and empirically grounded knowledge of the informal, unregistered, yet largest, part of the voluntary sector. The collection includes work from leading academics, activists, policy makers and practitioners offering a new and coherent understanding of community action `below ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Third Sector Research Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447327776
SKU
V9781447327776
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Ref
99-2
About Angus McCabe
Professor Jenny Phillimore is Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity. During her five years at the Third Sector Research Centre her interests included small scale community action, refugee and migrant communities and community engagement Angus McCabe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham. He has a background ... Read more
Reviews for Community Groups in Context: Local Activities and Actions
This fills a significant gap in our understanding of self-organised community activity, based on a range of original research studies. Essential reading for academics, activists and policy makers alike. Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor of Community Development, Goldsmiths, University of London The book provides an insightful picture of BTR groups and social action in communities that is incredibly valuable ... Read more