The community development reader
History, themes and issues

Author/Editor(s):

Gary Craig, Marjorie Mayo, Keith Popple, Mae Shaw, Marilyn Taylor

Format:

Paperback, 360 pages, 240 x 172 mm

ISBN

9781847427045

Published:

18 May 2011

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"An invaluable and timely resource for anyone interested in tracking the history of community development in the UK"
Journal of Social Policy

"A very good selection of material spanning several decades."
Clare Worley, Manchester Metropolitan University

"A vital contribution to understanding community development’s potential for progressive social change in the struggle for a fair, just and sustainable world."
Margaret Ledwith, Emeritus Professor of Community Development & Social Justice, University of Cumbria

About This Book

Community development emerged as a recognisable occupational activity in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Since then, whilst struggling to remain true to its basic values it has often been manipulated to serve differing policy and political purposes. This unique Reader traces its changing fortunes through a selection of readings from key writers. It will be invaluable to those pursuing community development careers, for activists, and for all those teaching, training and practising community development.

Author Biography

Gary Craig is Professor of Community Development and Social Justice at the University of Durham. He is immediate Past President of the International Association for Community Development and a former editor of the Community Development Journal. Marjorie Mayo is Emeritus Professor of Community Development at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has very substantial experience of community development work across the public, voluntary and community sectors, and has written widely about community development. Keith Popple is Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University. He has experience of working with the voluntary and statutory sectors and has published several books on community development. Mae Shaw is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Community and Society at the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh. She has a very extensive background in community development practice, teaching and research and has published widely. Marilyn Taylor is Emeritus Professor at the University of the West of England, Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research. She has very extensive experience in community development and third sector research and has written very widely on this. All five have been long-standing members of the Community Development Journal Editorial Board.

Contents

Section one: Debates and themes: setting the scene
Section two: In and against the state: mid-1960s to mid to late 1970s
Section three: In and against the market: mid to late 1970s to early 1990s
Section four: Between the state and the market? early 1990s onwards
Section five: Afterword
Section six: Key texts and resources.

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