Pt. I. Challenging Narratives of Community Decline -- 1. The Politics of Community -- 2. Redefining Poverty as "Social Exclusion": Political Responses to Globalization -- 3. Creating 'The Battler': The Politics of Community and the Psychology of Populist Politics -- Pt. II. Community as a Terrain of Political Contestation -- 4. A Portrait of the Australian Community: Tracing the Changing Face of Community through the Political Discourse of the Australian Labor Party -- 5. Transforming the Welfare State: The Community Politics of the New Left -- 6. Community as a Critic of Government: Expanding the Role of Welfare Communities -- 7. Government as a Critic of Community: Corporatizing Welfare Communities -- Pt. III. The Search for a New Social Consensus -- 8. Rediscovering 'The Social' through the Concept of Social Capital -- 9. Beyond Social Capital
Summary
"The book frames the debates within the context of globalization and the accompanying shift in focus of social policy from issues of social justice to questions of social order. It identifies 'the community' as both the site of today's social problems and the main tool that governments have at their disposal to address these problems. This portrayal of 'the community' is both theorized and illustrated with empirical material drawn from the Australian experience of community action." -- BACK COVER
Analysis
Community development
Social capital
Social change
Social policy
Welfare state
ALP policy
New Left
United Kingdom
United States
Australia overseas comparisons
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-143) and index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [137]-143) and index
