Key Concepts in Community Studies - Couverture rigide

Blackshaw, Tony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1412928435 ISBN 13 : 9781412928434

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This book defines the current identity of community studies, provides a critical but reliable introduction to its key concepts and is an engaging guide to the key social research methods used by community researchers and practitioners.

Concise but clear, it caters for the needs of those interested in community studies by offering cross-referenced, accessible overviews of the key theoretical issues that have the most influence on community studies today

It incorporates all of the important frames of reference including those which are:

theoretical

research focused

practice and policy oriented

political

concerned about the place of community in everyday life.

The extensive bibliographies and up-to-date guides to further reading reinforce the aim of the book to provide an invaluable learning resource. Interdisciplinary in approach and inventive in its range of applications this book will be of value to students studying sociology, social policy, politics and community development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tony Blackshaw is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport & Leisure at Sheffield Hallam University and author of The SAGE Dictionary of Leisure Studies (SAGE, 2009) and Zygmunt Bauman (Routledge ′Key Sociologists′, 2005)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412928435
• ISBN 13: 9781412928434
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible