Public Policy in the Community

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. 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.>

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn Taylor, Taylor Marilyn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.07.2011
• EAN: 9780230242647
• ISBN: 978-0-230-24264-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Public Policy and Politics; Public Policy and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Political Science, Social Sciences, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Policy, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Great Britain—Politics and government, British Politics, Regional and area planning, Social groups, communities and identities