Poverty, community and health: co-operation and the good society / Vicky Cattell.
Cattell, Vicky.
2012
HN400.C6 C36 2012
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Title Poverty, community and health: co-operation and the good society / Vicky Cattell.
Author Cattell, Vicky.
ISBN 9780230019973 (hardback)
9780230355101 (e-book)
Publication Details New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 195 pages).
Call Number HN400.C6 C36 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.0941
Summary "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'"-- Provided by publisher.
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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.

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