Settlements, social change, and community action : good neighbours / / edited by Ruth Gilchrist and Tony Jeffs
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| Titolo: |
Settlements, social change, and community action : good neighbours / / edited by Ruth Gilchrist and Tony Jeffs
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 254 p |
| Disciplina: | 307/.0941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Community centers - Great Britain - History |
| Social service - Great Britain - History | |
| Social settlements - History | |
| Social settlements - Great Britain - History | |
| Altri autori: |
GilchristRuth <1955->
JeffsTony
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Settlements, social change & community action |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Settlements, social change, and community action |
| ISBN: | 1-84642-277-9 |
| 1-4175-0447-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810522203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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