The Future of Community Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated
by Clements, Dave; Alastair, Donald; Earnshaw, Martin; Williams, AustinFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-10-20
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Summary
We are constantly being told that we are losing a 'sense of community'. This book shows that the notion of community is actually under threat from the very thing intended to protect it: relentless government intervention.
Author Biography
Austin Williams is author of The Enemies of Progress (2008). He is the founder of ManTownHuman, director of the Future Cities Project, visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art, author and illustrator of 'Shortcuts' and editor of NBS TV.
Dave Clements writes on social policy, and works as a policy adviser in children's social care. He has written widely for publications including Guardian Unlimited, spiked-online and Community Care Magazine.
Alastair Donald is researching Urban Systems and Metropolitan Design at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge.
Martin Earnshaw was a convenor of the 2006 Future of Community conference, held at Central St Martins.
Dave Clements writes on social policy, and works as a policy adviser in children's social care. He has written widely for publications including Guardian Unlimited, spiked-online and Community Care Magazine.
Alastair Donald is researching Urban Systems and Metropolitan Design at the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge.
Martin Earnshaw was a convenor of the 2006 Future of Community conference, held at Central St Martins.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Introduction: Who Needs Community Anyway? | p. 1 |
| In Search of Community | |
| Faking Civil Society | p. 13 |
| A Green Unpleasant Land | p. 24 |
| Public Space: Designing-in Community | p. 40 |
| Constructing Communities | |
| New New Urbanism | p. 53 |
| Density Versus Sprawl | p. 67 |
| Salvation by Brick? The Life and Death of British Communities | p. 80 |
| Communities in Flux | |
| Strictly Personal: The Working Class Confined to Community | p. 93 |
| Virtual Communities Versus Political Realities | p. 104 |
| Minorities, Multiculturalism and the Metropolitan Experience | p. 116 |
| From Little Italy to Big America | p. 129 |
| Rio on Galway: Immigration and Ireland | p. 137 |
| Undermining Communities | |
| Communities on the Couch | p. 147 |
| Youthful Misbehaviour or Adult Traumas? | p. 160 |
| Parish Pump Politics | p. 170 |
| Conclusion: A Death Greatly Exaggerated | p. 181 |
| Contributors | p. 191 |
| Index | p. 194 |
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