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The Idea of Community, Social Policy and Self
Kevin Loughran
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Persistence of the Idea of
Community – But Is There Such a Thing as Community?
Part
I. The Idea of Community as an
Element in Social Policy
1.
Community Care and Informal Care
2. Health Care and Social Work
Intervention
3.
Area
Regeneration Programmes
Part II. Is There Such a Thing as Community?
4
Is Human Nature Individual or Social? Is Community, Association or the State
Artificial?
5
Locality and Community: Are Communities
There?
Part III. The Dimensions and the Limits of
Community
6
Is
There a Community Which Cares?
7
Is the Idea of Community Realistic or Possible in
Modern Economic and Social Conditions?
8
The
Idea of Community and the Conflict of Values
9
The
Multiplicity of Communities
10
Does
Everybody Want to Belong to a Community?
11
Community,
Belonging and Self
Part IV. Conclusions
12
Unhelpful
Applications of the Idea of Community
13
Helpful
Applications of the Idea of Community
14
Two Ways in Which Social Policy May Make Use of the Idea of Community
APPENDICES
Appendix A
What is Social Policy?
Appendix B
Glossary of Chemical and
Biological Terms as Used in Chapters 4 and 11
INDEX
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