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Class, Inequality and Community Development

Hardback

Main Details

Title Class, Inequality and Community Development
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Mae Shaw
Edited by Marjorie Mayo
SeriesRethinking Community Development
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781447322450
ClassificationsDewey:305.5
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations No

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 6 September 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development. A wide range of contributors from across the global north and south explore how an understanding of social class can offer ways forward in the face of increasing social polarisation.

Author Biography

Mae Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Community Education at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background in practice, she has a long established interest in the politics of community development and has published widely in this field. Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor of Community Development, Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research has included learning for active citizenship, and access to justice in disadvantaged communities.

Reviews

"quite simply a wonderful book about the challenge of rethinking what community development can become in the twenty-first Century...deserves to be read widely" Community Development Journal "although community work/development is no longer in the repertoire of most social workers, this book reminds us what the possibilities once were and perhaps could be again." Professional Social Work "This coherent and timely collection makes the convincing case for social class to be moved from the sidelines back to the centre of theory and practice in contemporary community development." Mick Carpenter, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick "This wonderful new book is a welcomed contribution to the literature which relates community development to social class and public policy --- with special emphasis on inequalities in society." Barry Checkoway, University of Michigan, USA