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Abstract
In this controversial book, Terry Robson shatters the myth that the current community development movement has the potential to change the nature of society. Robson criticises community development organisations for losing touch with the very communities they are seeking to serve. Against a background of continuing civil and political conflict, Robson examines case studies in Ireland, Britain, Romania and the United States.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | iii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Part I. The Theoretical Context | 11 | ||
| 1. The State and Hegemony | 13 | ||
| Rediscovering civil society | 14 | ||
| The State | 19 | ||
| Hegemony and counter- hegemony | 21 | ||
| Hegemony and political and civil society | 25 | ||
| A philosophy of praxis | 26 | ||
| Common sense | 29 | ||
| 2. Coercion, Community and Civil Society | 42 | ||
| Social control - a debate about ideological hegemony? | 47 | ||
| The role of the state | 54 | ||
| 3. Community as Counter-Hegemony | 67 | ||
| In defence of community | 71 | ||
| In defence of change | 74 | ||
| Community as a model of change? | 77 | ||
| In defence of local resources | 85 | ||
| 4. The Co-option of Radicalism | 91 | ||
| The genesis of community development | 94 | ||
| Letting the poor manage their own poverty | 102 | ||
| Community relations and co- option | 105 | ||
| 5. Community, Catholicism and Communitarianism | 114 | ||
| The communitarian influence | 114 | ||
| Liberalism versus communitarianism: a false debate? | 125 | ||
| Catholicism and communitarianism | 126 | ||
| Communitarianism: a conservatism ideology | 130 | ||
| Part II. The Case Studies | 137 | ||
| 6. Northern Ireland: The Evolution of a Counter- Hegemony | 139 | ||
| The community relations dimension | 141 | ||
| Dove House Community Trust | 157 | ||
| Community, class and ideology | 159 | ||
| A culture of resistance | 163 | ||
| 7. The United States: Poverty and the Catholic Worker Movement | 169 | ||
| The Poverty Programme | 174 | ||
| The Catholic Worker movement | 176 | ||
| Viva House and the Catholic Worker movement in Baltimore | 182 | ||
| 8. Romania: Charity as Social Control | 192 | ||
| Introduction | 192 | ||
| The problem of Aids as an example of social neglect | 200 | ||
| Fagaras | 201 | ||
| The Romanian Relief Fund | 203 | ||
| Conclusion | 215 | ||
| Notes | 226 | ||
| Chapter 1: The State and Hegemony | 226 | ||
| Chapter 2: Coercion, Community and Civil Society | 228 | ||
| Chapter 3: Community as Counter- Hegemony | 230 | ||
| Chapter 4: The Co- option of Radicalism | 232 | ||
| Chapter 5: Community, Catholicism and Communitarianism | 234 | ||
| Chapter 6: Northern Ireland: the Evolution of a Counter- Hegemony | 235 | ||
| Chapter 7: The United States: Poverty and the Catholic Worker Movement | 236 | ||
| Chapter 8: Romania: Charity as Social Control | 238 | ||
| Bibliography | 239 | ||
| Newspapers | 243 | ||
| Index | 244 | ||
| Abel-Smith, 99 | 99 | ||
| Action for Boston, 173 | 173 | ||
| Action for Community Employment [ACE] | 153 |