DIY Community Action: Neighbourhood Problems and Community Self-help
- ISBN-10
- 1847420842
- ISBN-13
- 9781847420848
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-03-12
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Authors
- Richardson, Liz
Description
What is the relevance of community given a fast changing society? What kind of communities is it desirable to build? This book offers some answers to these questions & many more. It concludes that residents in difficult neighbourhoods often choose collective solutions to combat communal problems.
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