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Informationen zum Autor STUART BILLINGHAM Professor of Lifelong and Pro Vice Chancellor, York St John University, UKGERALDINE BRADY Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University, UKGERALDINE BROWN Senior Research Assistant in the Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University, UKSTEVE CINDERBY Geographer and former Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute Centre at York, UKJULIA D'ALOISIO Currently working with an NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland.LEIGH KEEBLE 'Translational' Research Fellow working on the ESRC e-Society Programme, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK LYNNETTE KELLY City councillor in Coventry, UK GAYLE LETHERBY Professor of Sociology, School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth, UK FRASER MURRAY Refugee Officer for Coventry City Council, UKSIMON PARKER Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of York, UKKRISTINA PEAT Sustainability Officer for the City of York Council, UK RICHARD PHILLIPS Researcher in the Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UKADAM SHORT Former England Coordinator for the impetus human rights and ethical values awards programme at the Institute for Global Ethics UK Trust, London, UK and has recently taken up a new post with Oxfam.SIMON SWEENEY Head of Programme for the MA in International Studies: Contemporary Societies and Culture, York St John University, UK Klappentext Written in the temporal and political context of the British New Labour Government's ongoing reliance on the word community, academics and activists critically engage here with the range of ways in which contemporary ideas of community are being used and contested. The key focus is on understanding community from action into theory and vice versa. Zusammenfassung Written in the temporal and political context of the British New Labour Government's ongoing reliance on the word community! academics and activists critically engage here with the range of ways in which contemporary ideas of community are being used and contested. The key focus is on understanding community from action into theory and vice versa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors Towards Understanding Community - an introduction; C.J.Clay, M.Madden & L.Potts The Signature Quilt; R.Walsh PART 1: LOCATING COMMUNITY Locating Community: An Introduction; C.J.Clay The Politics of Community: New Labour and the Eclipse of Society; S.Parker Learning Communities and Tertiary Education; S.Billingham 'For All the Women Out There': Community and the Ethics of Care in the Marketing of a Breast Cancer Fundraising Event; J.D'Aloisio Contingent Communities: British Social Policy and the Invention of Refugee Communities; L.Kelly PART 2: JUSTICE WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES Justice Within and Between Communities: An Introduction; M.Madden Globalisation, Multiple Threats and the Weakness of International Institutions: A Community-Centred Response; S.Sweeney The Ideal of a Sustainable Community, 2006; K.Peat Community Informatics: Building Civil Society in the Information Age?; L.Keeble Working with the Community: Research and Action; G.Letherby i mpet us , a Movement Towards Shared Ethical Values and Human Rights; A.Short PART 3: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Building Healthy Communities: An Introduction; L.Potts How Communities Can Use Geographical Information Systems; S.Cinderby Community Capacity Building, Community Development and Health: A Case Study of 'Health Issues in the Community'; R.Phillips A Community of Expertise: Positioning the UK Environmental Breast Cancer Movement; L.Potts Promoting Participatory Working; P.Turton Bibliography Index...
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Notes on Contributors Towards Understanding Community - an introduction; C.J.Clay, M.Madden & L.Potts The Signature Quilt; R.Walsh PART 1: LOCATING COMMUNITY Locating Community: An Introduction; C.J.Clay The Politics of Community: New Labour and the Eclipse of Society; S.Parker Learning Communities and Tertiary Education; S.Billingham 'For All the Women Out There': Community and the Ethics of Care in the Marketing of a Breast Cancer Fundraising Event; J.D'Aloisio Contingent Communities: British Social Policy and the Invention of Refugee Communities; L.Kelly PART 2: JUSTICE WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES Justice Within and Between Communities: An Introduction; M.Madden Globalisation, Multiple Threats and the Weakness of International Institutions: A Community-Centred Response; S.Sweeney The Ideal of a Sustainable Community, 2006; K.Peat Community Informatics: Building Civil Society in the Information Age?; L.Keeble Working with the Community: Research and Action; G.Letherby i mpet us , a Movement Towards Shared Ethical Values and Human Rights; A.Short PART 3: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Building Healthy Communities: An Introduction; L.Potts How Communities Can Use Geographical Information Systems; S.Cinderby Community Capacity Building, Community Development and Health: A Case Study of 'Health Issues in the Community'; R.Phillips A Community of Expertise: Positioning the UK Environmental Breast Cancer Movement; L.Potts Promoting Participatory Working; P.Turton Bibliography Index
