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Community Self-Help

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Danny Burns

    1. University of the West of England, UK

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  2. Colin C. Williams

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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  3. Jan Windebank

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 1-5

  3. Arguments for Self-Help and Mutual Aid

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 6-28

  4. Conceptualising Community Self-Help

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 29-47

  5. The Extent of Community Self-Help

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 48-69

  6. A Route into Employment: Community Self-Help as a Springboard

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 70-88

  7. A Complement to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Coping Strategy

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 89-100

  8. An Alternative to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Challenge

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 101-116

  9. Supporting and Developing Community Self-Help

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 117-130

  10. Community Self-Help in Visions of Future Political Organisation

    • Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams, Jan Windebank
    Pages 131-147

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 148-163
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About this book

This book explores the dynamics of community self help in local neighbourhoods. It shows how widespread it is, and argues that it should be considered as the third major sector of social and economic organization (alongside the state and market). Danny Burns, Colin C. Williams and Jan Windebank examine community self-help as a springboard into the mainstream, a complement to it, and an alternative. Finally, the book opens out a vision of social organization with self-help and mutual aid at its heart.

Reviews

'The book does not dissapoint... It is short, accessible and combines both a summary of latest thinking in the field... with policy proposals' - Peter North, Housing Studies

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, UK

    Danny Burns

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Colin C. Williams

  • University of Sheffield, UK

    Jan Windebank

About the authors

DANNY BURNS is Professor of Social and Organizational Learning at the University of the West of England and co-director of SOLAR, a research and development team specializing in participatory action research and action inquiry. Before this he worked at the University of Bristol. He has also previously worked as Director of the Tenant Participation Advisory Service for Scotland, and Director of the Decentralization Research and Information Centre.

COLIN C. WILLIAMS is Reader in Economic Geography at the University of Leicester, UK.

JAN WINDEBANK is Senior Lecturer in French Studies and Associate Fellow of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

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