Understanding community

This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text applies a critical approach to themes introduced in the first edition including economic development, heath and housing, and draws upon theory from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society.

About the author

Peter Somerville is Professor of Social Policy and Head of the Policy Studies Research Centre at the University of Lincoln, England. He has researched and published widely on issues of housing, policing, race equality, substance misuse, homelessness, cooperative enterprise and community governance.

Summary

This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text applies a critical approach to themes introduced in the first edition including economic development, heath and housing, and draws upon theory from Marx and Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Somerville, Peter (University of Lincoln) Somerville
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2016
• EAN: 9781447316077
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-1607-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 707 g
• Series: Understanding Welfare: Social; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education