Community Groups in Context: Local Activities and Actions

ISBN-13: 9781447327776 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 320 str.

Angus McCabe; Jenny Phillimore

Opis

As austerity measures continue, accompanied by ongoing cuts in government services, the importance of community groups to social welfare and well-being becomes ever greater. This book offers a wide range of perspectives on the role and nature of those groups, specifically those that are operating outside the formal voluntary sector in the United Kingdom. These groups, which are unregulated, need more rigorous analysis than in the past as their role and scope continue to increase; this book represents a major step towards better understanding of how they work and what they do.

Spis treści

Introduction: Why get below the radar? The importance of understanding community groups and activities ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore Part One: Scoping and mapping community actions and activities Below the radar? Community groups and activities in context ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore Getting below the radar: micro-mapping ‘hidden’ community activity ~ Andri Soteri-Proctor Part Two: Community groups and activities in context Are we different? Claims for distinctiveness in voluntary and community action ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore Community as policy: reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context ~ Angus McCabe Lost to austerity, lost in austerity: rethinking the community sector in Ireland ~ Niall Crowley All change? Surviving below the radar: community groups and activities in hard times ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore Part Three: Under-explored radars The UK Gypsy, Traveller and Roma third sector: a Gypsy industry or route to empowerment? ~ Andrew Ryder and Sarah Cemlyn Understanding grassroots arts groups and practices in communities ~ Hilary Ramsden, Jane Milling and Robin Simpson Is there a black and minority ethnic third sector in the UK? ~ Lucy Mayblin ‘More than a refugee community organisation’: a study of African migrant associations in Glasgow ~ Teresa Piacentini Part Four: Thinking about voice, learning and emotion below the radar ‘Almost a whisper’: black and minority ethnic community groups’ voice and influence ~ Phil Ware Learning to sustain social action ~ Jenny Phillimore and Angus McCabe Authentic and legitimate? The emotional role of ‘grassroots’ community activists in policymaking ~ Rosie Anderson Conclusion: thinking back and looking forward ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore