edited by Tessa Brannan, Peter John and Gerry Stoker.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 211 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Re-energizing citizenship : why, what, and how? / Tessa Brannan, Peter John and Gerry Stoker -- Civil renewal : the agenda for empowering citizens / Henry Tam -- Involvement in community involvement : referral order volunteers / Sarah Jones with Colin Roberts -- Civil renewal, control signals and neighbourhood safety / Anthony Bottoms and Andrew Wilson -- Anti-social behaviour and civil renewal / David Prior [and others] -- Incentive schemes and civil renewal / Simon Bastow [and others] -- The true costs of public participation / Edward Andersson, Diane Warburton and Richard Wilson -- Faith, hope and clarity : faith groups and civil renewal / Vivien Lowndes and Rachael Chapman.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Re-energizing Citizenship provides a critical examination of attempts to re-invigorate citizenship in a range of contexts and offers insights into what works. In light of the challenges and complexities of our societies the tone is not celebratory nor evangelical. It is substantially empirical and hard-nosed in that it asks what prospects there are for re-engaging civil society to tackle the tough issues of youth offending, neighbourhood safety, anti-social behaviour, economic regeneration, and conflict between civic groups. The malaise in civil society is seen as a key to understanding anti-social behaviour, the weaknesses of regeneration schemes, and the divisions and antagonisms of our societies.
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Yet the resources and skills hidden away in civil society, if they could be unlocked, are seen as the key to effective intervention. The book concludes that citizens can be re-engaged, providing the incentive structures and broader framing of the policy are put together in an effective manner."--Jacket.