Heather Watkins

UK Localism in Transition and the Politics of Community

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Produktbeschreibung

An in-depth account of community organising in post-industrial areas, told in organisers' own voices.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Social and Global Justice
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9781786612731
• ISBN-10: 1786612739
• Artikelnr.: 59994579

Autorenporträt

Heather Watkins is a Senior Lecturer in European Studies at Nottingham Trent University. Her research focuses on tensions between democracy and neoliberalism, with a particular interest in localism and decentralised politics as a response to the effects of globalisation.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Local Heroes and Socially Entrepreneurial
Communities
Chapter 2: The Political Discourse of Social Capital: Turning Conflict into
Consensus?
Chapter 3: The Politics of Community: Optimism of the Will in the East
Midlands
Chapter 4: Place: Locality and Political Economy
Chapter 5: Process: Making Social Capitalists
Chapter 6: People and Politics: Citizens, the State and Localism in
Practice
Chapter 7: Conclusions: High Hopes and Localism in Practice
Bibliography
Appendix: Abbreviations