Social Work and the Community : A Critical Context for Practice (Paperback)

PART 1: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY.- Introduction: The Idea of Community.- Theories of Community: The Contribution of Community Studies.- Rethinking Community: Globalisation, neo-liberalism and Inequality.- PART 2: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL POLICY.- Community as an Organising Focus for Social Policy.- Community Care: Promoting a needs-led and empowering service or using the market to contain costs?.- Remaking Community: Communitarianism and New Labour's 'Third Way' Project to Modernise the Welfare State.- PART 3: THEORY TO PRACTICE.- The Theory and Practice of Community Social Work.- Community Work and Community Action.- Future Possibilities for Community-Based Social Work in an International Context.