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Title Partnership working : policy and practice / edited by Susan Balloch and Marilyn Taylor
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2001

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Description viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series JSTOR EBA
Contents PARTNERSHIP WORKING; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. 'Holism' and urban regeneration; 2. Partnerships and power in community regeneration; 3. Local government, anti-poverty strategies and partnership working; 4. Partnership and change in social housing; 5. Improving partnership working in housing and mental health; 6. The potential of project status to support partnerships; 7. Promoting independence:a partnership approach to supporting older people in the community; 8. Partnership between service users and statutory social services
Summary This stimulating book analyses experiences of partnerships in different policy fields, identifying the theoretical and practical impediments to making partnership work and critically evaluating the advantages and disadvantages for those involved. Going beyond the confines of statutory partnerships it addresses other important forms of collaboration between voluntary, private and statutory sectors and service users and community and minority groups
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public housing -- Great Britain.
Community power -- Great Britain.
Partnership -- Great Britain.
Social service -- Great Britain.
Public-private sector cooperation -- Great Britain.
Author Taylor, Marilyn, 1946-
Balloch, Susan.
LC no. 2001536619
ISBN 1861342209 paperback
1861343477