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Understanding Community is a practical guide to understanding policies and underlying theories relating to community. This substantially revised edition draws upon theories from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society. Peter Somerville presents a close examination of government policies in areas such as economic development, education, health care, housing, and safety and sets them in the context of our understanding of crucial concepts like community cohesion, social capital, and capacity building. The book also explores the dark side of community to show how phenomena such as riots, gangs, and terrorism can be understood as expressions of alternative ways to organize in search of community. The result is a book that challenges our understanding of community and assesses the strengths and limitations of our conceptual framework for thinking about and working with communities.
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Peter Somerville is professor of social policy and director of the Policy Studies Research Centre at the University of Lincoln in England.
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"It is topical, well referenced and contains plenty to consider. . . . A useful text for those studying social policy, sociology, community development, urban regeneration and social work." (Journal of Social Policy, on first edition)
"In the second edition of his Understanding Community, Somerville sets out to restore rigour to the language of community, rendering it once again a purposeful analytical framework as well as a realizable social goal." (Quintin Bradley, Leeds Beckett University Housing Studies)
“Theory, policy, politics, and practice are all woven thoughtfully together in this impressive account: it should be a must-read for anyone concerned with getting to the core of the relationship between the state and its subjects.” (Social Policy and Administration)
"An exhilarating discussion, which opens up new ways of thinking about an old problem." (Journal of Regional Science, on first edition)
“Not only extremely valuable as a resource for students, but also a powerful contribution to debates about the nature of community and its potential as a driver of political and social change.” (Allan Cochrane, Open University)
“Radically develops ideas explored in the first edition, integrating wide-ranging and nuanced theoretical investigation with compelling argument for the possibility of ‘beloved community’ and a way beyond the austerity consensus.” (Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University)
"In the second edition of his Understanding Community, Somerville sets out to restore rigour to the language of community, rendering it once again a purposeful analytical framework as well as a realizable social goal." (Quintin Bradley, Leeds Beckett University Housing Studies)
“Theory, policy, politics, and practice are all woven thoughtfully together in this impressive account: it should be a must-read for anyone concerned with getting to the core of the relationship between the state and its subjects.” (Social Policy and Administration)
"An exhilarating discussion, which opens up new ways of thinking about an old problem." (Journal of Regional Science, on first edition)
“Not only extremely valuable as a resource for students, but also a powerful contribution to debates about the nature of community and its potential as a driver of political and social change.” (Allan Cochrane, Open University)
“Radically develops ideas explored in the first edition, integrating wide-ranging and nuanced theoretical investigation with compelling argument for the possibility of ‘beloved community’ and a way beyond the austerity consensus.” (Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University)
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- PublisherPolicy Press
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1447316088
- ISBN 13 9781447316084
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages272
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