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The Idea of Community, Social Policy and
Self Kevin Loughran A book which could
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What Professor Donald Macaulay has
called “this thought provoking and illuminating book” uses the natural
sciences as well as the social sciences to examine the origins and nature of
the idea of community. The author
discusses both helpful and unhelpful applications of the idea in relation to
social policy. This is not just a book
for professionals, but for anyone who is interested in the origins and nature
of co-operation, the idea of community, and how the idea is used. “Few of us do not acknowledge the idea of community in
some way or another, but often we acknowledge it by turning to the word
community as a habit of expression.” Introduction
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