Marilyn Taylor

Public Policy in the Community (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The idea of community involvement and empowerment has become central to politics in recent years. Governments, keen to reduce public spending and increase civic involvement, believe active communities are essential for tackling a range of social, economic and political challenges, such as crime, sustainable development and the provision of care.

Public Policy in the Community examines the way that community and the ideas associated with it - civil society, social capital, mutuality, networks - have been understood and applied from the 1960s to the present day. Marilyn Taylor examines the issues involved in putting the community at the heart of policy making, and considers the political and social implications of such a practice. Drawing on a wide range of relevant examples from around the world, the book considers the success of existing approaches and the prospects for further developments. Thoroughly updated to reflect advances in research and practice, the new edition of this important text gives a state-of-the-art assessment of the place of community in public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230344099
• Artikelnr.: 45258937

Autorenporträt

Marilyn Taylor is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. She has published in the community development field for many years, and has worked closely with organizations such as Community Organisers and Local Trust. She is co-author of The Short Guide to Community Development (2011), now published in a third edition.