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Searching for Community: Representation, Power and Action on an Urban Estate - Couverture rigide

Brent, Jeremy

 
9781847423245: Searching for Community: Representation, Power and Action on an Urban Estate
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1847423248 ISBN 13 : 9781847423245
Editeur : Policy Press, 2009

Synopsis

At a time when politicians place increasing importance on the role of 'community' in overcoming social problems, 'Searching for community' asks the vital question 'what is community, anyway?'. Is it an answer to social problems or an illusion to be dismissed?

This insightful book is written from the perspective of the late Jeremy Brent's thirty year involvement as a youth worker in Southmead, a housing estate in Bristol and a place where discourses of community run strong. "Searching for community" presents a variety of perspectives to challenge the ways in which areas of poverty and disrepute are represented. It examines ways to understand and engage with the troublesome concept of 'community', vividly describing the collective actions of young people and adults to show the way community is enacted as a combination of dreams, actions and materiality.

Providing a unique mix of practical knowledge and a sophisticated analysis of popular, professional and theoretical ideas of community, "Searching for community" makes uneasy reading for those looking for simplistic solutions to issues including youth crime, social marginalisation and community empowerment. 

This accessible book is a must-read for students and practitioners in the fields of community development, sociology and youth work who wish to get beyond the rhetoric and engage with the complexities of discourses of community.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeremy Brent was Senior Youth Worker at Southmead Youth Centre in Bristol for 28 years. He supported his intellectually reflective practice through studies at the University of Birmingham and the University of the West of England. He published several articles in community and youth work journals. Jeremy was an active member of the Community and Youth Workers Union. He died in 2006.

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Éditeur
Policy Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1847423248
ISBN 13 
9781847423245
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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