Stepney, Paul. <br/><br/>
Social Work and the Community :  A Critical Context for Practice / 
Paul Stepney and Keith Popple. 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2008. 
 - x, 201 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-191) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to the idea of community -- The contribution of community studies and increased state intervention in communities and neighbourhoods -- Rethinking community : globalisation, neo-liberalism and inequality -- Community as an area of social policy -- Community as an organising focus for social policy -- Community care : promoting an empowering service or using the market to contain costs? -- Remaking community : communitarianism and the modernisation of the welfare state -- Social work and the community : from theory to practice -- The theory and practice of community of social work -- Community work and community action -- Future possibilities for community-based social work in an international context. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>140399126X (alk. paper) 9781403991263 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social service--Great Britain.<br/>Community organization--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV245  / .S734 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.3