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Settlements, Social Change and Community Action
Ruth Gilchrist | Jonathan Glasby | Tony Jeffs | Christian Johnson | John Matthews | Michael Rose | Crescy Cannan | Sarah Banks | Mina Carson | Mark K. Smith | Martin J. Walker
(2001)
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Abstract
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.
A history of the settlement movement in Britain and the United States.
Roof
Today's settlements are very different and their scope can be seen in the various chapters here which include discussion of their work in adult education, the arts, disabled children, legal and money advice, family centres and much more. By 1999, the Birmingham settlement, for example, had an annual budget of nearly 2.5 million with 120 staff and 250 volunteers contributing to 24 projects. In his chapter, Tony Jeffs shows that youth work has long been associated with the settlements; Jeffs explains that the youth work had three features. First, it aimed to give youngsters enjoyable recreation. Second, it did so within buildings which also served other age groups. Third, it was embedded within a movement "devoted to publicising the plight of the poor".
Community Care
After reading this fine collection of essays one concludes that within the context of their time, settlement work was on balance progressive, committed and enduring... Between these covers a valuable and still living history has been rescued and effectively passed on to us.
Social Work Education
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements, Social Change and Community Action: Good Neighbours | 4 | ||
| Contents | 6 | ||
| Preface | 7 | ||
| Introduction | 10 | ||
| 1 The secular faith of the social settlements: ‘If Christ came to Chicago’ | 20 | ||
| 2 American settlement houses: The first half century | 35 | ||
| 3 Development of the English settlement movement | 55 | ||
| 4 Strength in community: Historical development of settlements internationally | 70 | ||
| 5 One hundred years of the Birmingham Settlement Jon Glasby | 93 | ||
| 6 Raising the past: Toynbee today | 106 | ||
| 7 Settlements and adult education | 124 | ||
| 8 ‘Something to give and much to learn’: Settlements and youth work | 153 | ||
| 9 Settlements and the arts | 174 | ||
| 10 Family centres: In the settlement tradition? | 195 | ||
| 11 Social entrepreneurs or sleeping giants?: Settlements in Britain today | 215 | ||
| List of Contributors | 244 | ||
| Subject Index | 246 | ||
| Author Index | 252 |