We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to update this textbook with a third
edition. It seems remarkable that almost 13 years have now passed since the publication of …

While co-creation as a practice and a subject for study in HE has become increasingly
popular in recent years, there remain problems with terminology and, relatedly, with …

Community organizing can play a critical role as a grassroots form of democratic activism
which challenges austerity politics sweeping the globe. What is required is not only a …

This article scrutinizes the ambiguous nature of community development (CD) in England. It
does so by drawing attention to CD's porous boundaries in relation to its allied community …

Since the 1980s, Canadian municipalities have experienced pressures due to
legislative/policy reforms and the downloading of responsibilities from senior governments …

Community organising is expanding globally. One example is the Community Organisers
Programme in England, initiated by the Cameron coalition government from 2011 to 2015 …

This chapter examines the relationship between the decline in status of community
development, entrenching neoliberal hegemony, and the rise in populism. It does so using a …

This thesis is a critical examination of English social and urban regeneration policy and
programme delivery implemented between 1997 and 2015 under New Labour and the …