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Settlements, Social Change and Community Action : Good Neighbours.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781846422775
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Settlements, Social Change and Community ActionDDC classification:
  • 307/.0941
LOC classification:
  • HV4235.A3 -- S48 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Settlements, Social Change and Community Action: Good Neighbours -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The secular faith of the social settlements: 'If Christ came to Chicago' -- 2 American settlement houses: The first half century -- 3 Development of the English settlement movement -- 4 Strength in community: Historical development of settlements internationally -- 5 One hundred years of the Birmingham Settlement Jon Glasby -- 6 Raising the past: Toynbee today -- 7 Settlements and adult education -- 8 'Something to give and much to learn': Settlements and youth work -- 9 Settlements and the arts -- 10 Family centres: In the settlement tradition? -- 11 Social entrepreneurs or sleeping giants?: Settlements in Britain today -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Summary: Reflecting the current emphasis in social policy on the ideas of community and active citizenship, the contributors to this book develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and links across groups, and apply them to current policy developments in community responsibility, the role of voluntary work and the future of social care.
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Intro -- Settlements, Social Change and Community Action: Good Neighbours -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The secular faith of the social settlements: 'If Christ came to Chicago' -- 2 American settlement houses: The first half century -- 3 Development of the English settlement movement -- 4 Strength in community: Historical development of settlements internationally -- 5 One hundred years of the Birmingham Settlement Jon Glasby -- 6 Raising the past: Toynbee today -- 7 Settlements and adult education -- 8 'Something to give and much to learn': Settlements and youth work -- 9 Settlements and the arts -- 10 Family centres: In the settlement tradition? -- 11 Social entrepreneurs or sleeping giants?: Settlements in Britain today -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Reflecting the current emphasis in social policy on the ideas of community and active citizenship, the contributors to this book develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and links across groups, and apply them to current policy developments in community responsibility, the role of voluntary work and the future of social care.

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