Beschreibung:
Reflecting the current emphasis in social policy on the ideas of community and active citizenship, the contributors to this book develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and links across groups, and apply them to current policy developments in community responsibility, the role of voluntary work and the future of social care.
Reflecting the current emphasis in social care, social policy and welfare on the ideas of community and active citizenship, this book draws implications from the history of the settlement movement in Britain and the States which will inform and contextualise contemporary practice and policy.
The contributors to this illuminating book develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and links across groups with different kinds of need, and apply them to current policy developments in community responsibility, the role of voluntary work and the future of social care. The issues explored through the history of the settlement movement are not only applicable to practice; they will also reinforce the identity of social care as a profession.
Preface, Introduction, Ruth Gilchrist and Tony Jeffs. 1. The Secular Faith of the Social Settlements: `If Christ Came to Chicago', Michael Rose, University of Manchester. 2. American Settlement Houses: The First Half Century, Mina Carson, Oregon State University. 3. Development of the English Settlement Movement, John Matthews and James Kimmis, British Association of Settlements (BASSAC). 4. Strength in Community: Historical Development of Settlements Internationally, Christian Johnson, Former Executive Director of International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS). 5. One Hundred Years of the Birmingham Settlement, Jon Glasby, University of Birmingham. 6. Raising the Past: Toynbee Today, Martin J Walker, Toynbee Hall. 7. Settlements and Adult Education, Mark K. Smith, YMCA George Williams College, London. 8. `Something to Give and Much to Learn': Settlements and Youth Work, Tony Jeffs. 9. Settlements and the Arts Ruth Gilchrist 10. Family Centres: In the Settlement Tradition? Crescy Cannan and Chris Warren-Adamson, Centre for Social Policy and Social Work, University of Sussex 11. Social Entrepreneurs or Sleeping Giants? Settlements in Britain Today, Sarah Banks, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham. References, Index
