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Author:   Dave Clements ,  Alastair Donald ,  Martin Earnshaw ,  Austin Williams
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.315kg
ISBN:  

9780745328171

ISBN 10:   0745328172
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   20 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Who needs Community Anyway? - Austin Williams Part I: In Search of Community 1. Faking Civil Society - Dave Clements 2. A Green Unpleasant Land - Alastair Donald 3. Public Space: Designing-in Community' - Richard Williams Part II: Constructing Communities 4. New New Urbanism - Austin Williams 5. Density Versus Sprawl - Karl Sharro 6. Salvation by Brick? The Life and Death of British Communities - by Penny Lewis Part III: Communities in Flux 7. Strictly Personal: The Working Class confined to Community - Andrew Calcutt 8. Virtual Communities versus Political Realities - Martyn Perks 9. Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Metropolitan Experience - Neil Davenport 10. From Little Italy to Big America - Elizabetta Gasparoni -Abraham 11. Rio on Galway: Immigration on Ireland - Suzy Dean Part IV: Undermining Communities 12. Communities on the Couch - Martin Earnshaw 13. Youthful Misbehaviour or Adult Traumas? - Stuart Waiton 14. Parish Pump Politics - Dave Clements Conclusion: A Death Greatly Exaggerated - Alastair Donald Notes on Contributors Index

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'The Future of Community is a much-needed challenge to the complacent and flabby orthodoxies currently dominating the debate. It asks all the right questions: What are communities? What's so great about them? How do they really thrive? How much can politics, architecture, technology or voluntary work destroy or help sustain them? What are the unintended consequences of well-intentioned but misguided attempts to bind society more closely? By asking these questions and often suggesting compelling answers, this book will lift the communities debate to another level.' Julian Baggini, author of Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind'This powerful book is an alternative to the tradition of swansongs to lost communities. It shows that official and semi-official 'community creators' can only construct fragile pretend communities that often reveal their deep distrust of citizens. It argues that, if ordinary people are left alone by those who think they know what's best for them, the possibilities of human co-operation and the building of new communities are greater than ever.' Professor Dennis Hayes, Oxford Brookes University, co-author of Basildon: The Mood of the Nation

Author Information

Austin Williams is author of 'The Enemies of Progress' (May 2008). He is the founder of ManTownHuman, director of the Future Cities Project, visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art, author and illustrator of 'Shortcuts' and editor of NBS TV. He has written for a wide range of publications.Dave Clements writes on social policy, and works as a policy adviser in children's social care. He has written widely for publications including Guardian Unlimited, spiked-online and Community Care Magazine. His background is in local government, predominantly children and young people's services. Alastair Donald is researching Urban Systems and Metropolitan Design at the Martin Centre For Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge.Martin Earnshaw was a convenor of the 2006 Future of Community conference, held at Central St Martins.

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