Tomorrow’s Communities (eBook)

Lessons for Community-based Transformation in the Age of Global Crises

Henry Tam (Herausgeber)

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2021 | 1., First Edition
266 Seiten
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-6112-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book sets out how people’s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement. It shows how communities can become more collaborative and resilient in dealing with the problems they face and provides a guide to what a holistic policy agenda for community-based transformation should encompass.

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Proposes community-based transformation as a holistic policy agenda.
Gathers in one place clear lessons from experts who have steered community development in the UK and North America.
The book will offer policy makers and analysts a one-stop shop to consider what can be done in collaboration with communities, and how it will lead to better outcomes and greater public satisfaction. This book sets out why and how people’s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement.
It critically explores examples from around the world of how communities can become more collaborative and resilient in dealing with the problems they face. This book provides an invaluable guide to what a holistic policy agenda for community-based transformation should encompass. It is increasingly recognised that instead of relying on top-down commands or leaving individuals to their own devices, communities should be given a role in tackling challenges exacerbated by global crises.
Written by a team of leading experts with in-depth knowledge and on-the-ground experience, this book sets out why and how people’s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement.
This book critically explores examples from around the world of how communities can become more collaborative and resilient in dealing with the problems they face, and provides an invaluable guide to what a holistic policy agenda for community-based transformation should encompass.

Autor

Henry Tam is a writer, educator and former head for civil renewal under the last Labour government. He was previously a lecturer at the University of Cambridge.

Inhalt

Introduction
1 The challenges for tomorrow’s communities ~ Henry Tam
PART A: Transforming socioeconomic relations in communities
2 The case for community economic development ~ Ed Mayo and Pat Conaty
3 Reciprocity and alternative mediums of exchange ~ Martin Simon
4 Regeneration in partnership with communities ~ Gabriel Chanan
5 Worker cooperatives and economic democracy ~ Pat Conaty and Philip Ross
PART B: Transforming collaborative behaviour with communities
6 Four factors for better community collaboration ~ Steve Wyler
7 The importance of community-based learning ~ Marjorie Mayo
8 The 45 ° Change model for remaking power relations ~ Colin Miller and Neal Lawson
9 Connecting at the edges for collective change ~ Alison Gilchrist
PART C: Transforming policy outcomes by communities
10 Co-production and the role of preventive infrastructure ~ David Boyle
11 Humanising health and social care ~ John Restakis
12 Reshaping the food aid landscape ~ Alice Willatt, Rosalind Beadle and Mary Brydon- Miller
13 Sustainable communities for the future ~ Diane Warburton
Conclusion
14 The policy agenda for community-based transformation ~ Henry Tam

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2021
• Co-Autor: Diane Warburton, Mary Brydon-Miller, Rosalind Beadle, Alice Willatt, John Restakis, David Boyle, Alison Gilchrist, Neal Lawson, Colin Miller, Marjorie Mayo, Steve Wyler, Philip Ross, Gabriel Chanan, Martin Simon, Pat Conaty, Ed Mayo
• Zusatzinfo: 9; 3
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: community development • Community Involvement • Co-operative • Co-production • Participation
• ISBN-10: 1-4473-6112-1 / 1447361121
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-6112-1 / 9781447361121