TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cattell,Vicky
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Poverty, community and health: co-operation and the good society 
AV  - HN400.C6 C36 2012
U1  - 307.0941 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Community development
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Social Murder -- Utopian Dreams? -- Researching Poverty, Community and Health -- Community Resilience -- Community Demoralisation and Resistance -- Social Capital in Urban Neighbourhoods: the Potential for Unity and Division -- Well-being and Happiness: Balancing Community with Independence -- Social Network Characteristics and Health and Well-Being -- Conclusions: Poverty, Community and Health in the 'Good Society' -- Bibliography -- Index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Despite plentiful evidence on poverty and reduced health chances and on the benefits of co-operative social networks and social capital, the nature of the relationship between them remains uncertain. Yet an enhanced understanding is needed if we are to gain, not only a more effective purchase on social processes involved in well-being, or on links between poverty and place, but also of the stratagems people adopt to challenge or cope with social and economic difficulties and resist their deleterious effects. Drawing on key concepts and on community studies conducted in East London housing estates, this book brings together diverse strands of influence on participatory community life and individual well-being. Residents' rich narratives are used to emphasize the significance of different social network patterns for mediating disadvantage and happiness. The book makes a timely contribution to post 2010 policy agendas and to current political debates on the 'big society' and the 'good society'"--
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ER  -