Rosie R. Meade and Mae Shaw (editors) 2021, Arts, Culture and Community Development,

This excellent text, recently published in the Policy Press Rethinking Community Development series, critically explores the relationship between arts, culture and  community development in different parts of the globe including Lebanon, Latin  America, China, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Chile, Brazil, and Finland. Arts and culture in this  book are taken as being created in a manner that is participatory and practised by  those involved as equals. This recognises that people bring different skills and talents, and all should be understood as being part of a democratic enterprise.&nbsp

Trust and Political Life: the need to transform our democracy

One of the major concerns of contemporary public life centres on how much we can trust our politicians and the public institutions and services that they, with civil servants and political aides, are responsible for. This of course is not a new concern as, ever since we have had a system of representative parliamentary democracy, we have needed to trust our elected representatives and those they appoint, to undertake good governance on our behalf. However, in more recent years trust in UK national politicians and political life has been put under considerable stress. A 2011 Europe-wide Guardian/ICM opinion poll found that only 12% of those polled in the UK said they trusted politicians to ‘act with honesty and integrity’. Further, 66% stated they did not trust the UK government ‘to deal with the country’s problems’ (Glover, 2011). Political trust is central to democratic rule, and any decline in this can reduce the quality and stability of our democracy. Importantly, a reduction of trust in government and confidence in political institutions can damage the vitality of our democracy

Rosie R. Meade and Mae Shaw (editors) 2021, Arts, Culture and Community Development,

This excellent text, recently published in the Policy Press Rethinking Community Development series, critically explores the relationship between arts, culture and  community development in different parts of the globe including Lebanon, Latin  America, China, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Chile, Brazil, and Finland. Arts and culture in this  book are taken as being created in a manner that is participatory and practised by  those involved as equals. This recognises that people bring different skills and talents, and all should be understood as being part of a democratic enterprise.&nbsp

Social Work and the Community: a critical context for practice.

How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today

Racism in Europe : a challenge for youth policy and youth work /

Includes bibliographical references and index