Community Development and Civil Society: Making connections in the European context

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 12
Origins......Page 13
Readership......Page 16
Structure......Page 18
Introduction......Page 22
Definitions and disagreements......Page 26
Civil society and community......Page 29
Connecting community development and civil society......Page 34
3. Community development......Page 40
Core themes......Page 41
Origins and growth......Page 45
Western Europe......Page 46
Central and eastern Europe......Page 47
North America......Page 51
Southern countries......Page 53
4. Socialisation......Page 56
Community development and community-based learning......Page 57
Local curricula......Page 58
Active citizenship......Page 62
Community schools and community education......Page 64
Eco-schools......Page 65
Community life and democracy......Page 66
Conclusion......Page 68
5. Economic wealth......Page 72
Types of community economic development......Page 74
Central and eastern Europe......Page 76
Case studies......Page 77
Implications for community development......Page 80
Social entrepreneurs......Page 83
Asset-based community development......Page 85
Underlying theories......Page 88
Conclusion......Page 91
6. Social participation......Page 94
Participation and community development......Page 95
Changing language......Page 97
Community development and social capital......Page 98
Hungarian context......Page 99
Social inclusion......Page 104
Conclusion......Page 106
7. Social control......Page 108
Punishment and community......Page 109
Communities and social control......Page 112
Towards a model......Page 118
Social control in the Hungarian context......Page 124
8. Mutual support and solidarity......Page 130
Context......Page 131
Case studies......Page 134
Guiding principles......Page 139
A Hungarian perspective......Page 146
A UK perspective......Page 158
Commonalities and differences......Page 166
Hungary......Page 168
UK......Page 177
A European perspective......Page 181
Conclusion......Page 183
Contribution of community development to civil society......Page 186
The profession......Page 191
Communities......Page 192
Civil society......Page 194
Future scenarios for community development......Page 195
References......Page 202
Index......Page 212