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Public policy in the community / Marilyn Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Public policy and politicsPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updatedDescription: xv, 358 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780230242654 (pbk.)
  • 0230242650 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM776 .T39 2011
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Changing Fortunes of Community -- Community in Policy and Practice -- Ideas of Community -- Contradictions of Community -- Prescribing Community to the Poor -- Power and Empowerment -- Power in the Policy Process -- Experiencing Empowerment -- Reclaiming Community -- Reclaiming Power -- The Challenge for Communities -- The Institutional Challenge -- Community Empowerment: Myth or Reality?.
Summary: ""Community" continues to attract the attention of policy makers and scholars. Taking account of changes since the publication of the first edition, this new edition explores the challenges of empowering communities and assesses the lessons for policy and practice of community-based approaches to social disadvantage and exclusion"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Changing Fortunes of Community -- Community in Policy and Practice -- Ideas of Community -- Contradictions of Community -- Prescribing Community to the Poor -- Power and Empowerment -- Power in the Policy Process -- Experiencing Empowerment -- Reclaiming Community -- Reclaiming Power -- The Challenge for Communities -- The Institutional Challenge -- Community Empowerment: Myth or Reality?.

""Community" continues to attract the attention of policy makers and scholars. Taking account of changes since the publication of the first edition, this new edition explores the challenges of empowering communities and assesses the lessons for policy and practice of community-based approaches to social disadvantage and exclusion"-- Provided by publisher.


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