{"product_id":"9781349360185","title":"Towards Understanding Community People and Places","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTowards Understanding Community\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePeople and Places\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eC. Clay | M. Madden | L. Potts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ Social Services \u0026amp; Welfare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWritten 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSTUART BILLINGHAM Professor of Lifelong and Pro Vice Chancellor, York St John University, UK\r\nGERALDINE BRADY Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University, UK\r\nGERALDINE BROWN Senior Research Assistant in the Centre for Social Justice, Coventry University, UK\r\nSTEVE CINDERBY Geographer and former Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute Centre at York, UK\r\nJULIA D'ALOISIO Currently working with an NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland.\r\nLEIGH KEEBLE 'Translational' Research Fellow working on the ESRC e-Society Programme, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK \r\nLYNNETTE KELLY City councillor in Coventry, UK \r\nGAYLE LETHERBY Professor of Sociology, School of Law and Social Science, University of Plymouth, UK \r\nFRASER MURRAY Refugee Officer for Coventry City Council, UK\r\nSIMON PARKER Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of York, UK\r\nKRISTINA PEAT Sustainability Officer for the City of York Council, UK \r\nRICHARD PHILLIPS Researcher in the Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK\r\nADAM 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.\r\nSIMON SWEENEY Head of Programme for the MA in International Studies: Contemporary Societies and Culture, York St John University, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 January 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781349360185\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804874346636,"sku":"9781349360185","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349360185.jpg?v=1781786581","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349360185","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}