Community : walfare, crime and society / edited by Gerry Mooney and Sarah Neal.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2009Description: ix, 202 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0335229336
9780335229338

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DDC classification:

307 22

Contents:

1. Community: themes and debates / Gerry Mooney and Sarah Neal -- 2. Community and policymaking / Allan Cochrane and Janet Newman -- 3. Community, social change and social order / John Clarke -- 4. Community safety and the governance of 'problem' populations / Gordon Hughes -- 5. Communities and social mobilisations / Sharon Pinkney and Esther Saraga -- 6. Conclusion / Gerry Mooney and Sarah Neal.

Summary: "The concept of community is among the most contested of social science ideas. At the heart of this book is an examination of the concept's unique ability to represent the notion of collective well-being and positive social relations and to denote a description or categorisation of social problems and 'problem populations'. This paradox makes the idea of community particularly valuable for understanding the diverse and complex ways in which social welfare and crime control policies affect each other. The chapters are organised to make sense of community in a range of ways: as a theoretical, political and populist discourse; as a vehicle for policy interventions; as an instrument of social governance and social ordering; and as a basis of collective action. The book considers community within historical and contemporary contexts, in the UK and internationally. It highlights many of the key social science debates as well as adiverse range of early 21st century policy agendas and social issues, such as social cohesion, community safety and anti-social behaviour. Each chapter highlights issues of evidence and the role that different forms of social data play in the analysis of ideas of community and communities. Community is a key text for students on social policy, sociology, criminology and general social sciences courses."--Publisher's website.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The concept of community is among the most contested of social science ideas. At the heart of this book is an examination of the concept's unique ability to represent the notion of collective well-being and positive social relations and to denote a description or categorisation of social problems and 'problem populations'. This paradox makes the idea of community particularly valuable for understanding the diverse and complex ways in which social welfare and crime control policies affect each other. The chapters are organised to make sense of community in a range of ways: as a theoretical, political and populist discourse; as a vehicle for policy interventions; as an instrument of social governance and social ordering; and as a basis of collective action. The book considers community within historical and contemporary contexts, in the UK and internationally. It highlights many of the key social science debates as well as adiverse range of early 21st century policy agendas and social issues, such as social cohesion, community safety and anti-social behaviour. Each chapter highlights issues of evidence and the role that different forms of social data play in the analysis of ideas of community and communities. Community is a key text for students on social policy, sociology, criminology and general social sciences courses."--Publisher's website.

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