Beschreibung:
Grounded in a wide-ranging review of empirical research, this textbook provides an overview of sociological debates surrounding the idea of community, and relates them to the part community plays in people's everyday conceptions of identity.
1. The Idea of Community 2. Community Studies 3. The Rise and Fall of 'Working-Class Community' 4. Out of the Wreckage: The Recovery of Community 5. The Divided Community 6. The Social Construction of Community 7. The Global, Local and Communal 8. New Directions for Community