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Author: TURJE Mik;

Title: Social workers, farmers and food commodification: governmentality and neoliberalism in the alternative food movement.

Reference: Canadian Social Work Review, 29(1), 2012, pp.121-138.

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Topics: communities; nutrition; politics; rural areas; self-esteem; social work; urban areas; Canada;

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Author: MATJASKO Jennifer L.; et al.;

Title: The relationship between a family-focused preventive intervention, parenting practices, and exposure to violence during the transition to adolescence: testing a mediational model.

Reference: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 22(1), January 2013, pp.45-66.

Format: article;

Topics: family support; intervention; models; parenting; prevention; urban areas; violence; young people; research; United States;

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Author: SMITH Richard J.; LEHNING Amanda J.; DUNKLE Ruth E.;

Title: Conceptualizing age-friendly community characteristics in a sample of urban elders: an exploratory factor analysis.

Reference: Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 56(2), February 2013, pp.90-111.

Format: article;

Topics: access to services; community development; models; neighbourhoods; older people; social networks; social policy; urban areas; research; United States;

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Author: PETTICREW Mark;

Title: Public health evaluation: epistemological challenges to evidence production and use.

Reference: Evidence and Policy, 9(1), January 2013, pp.87-95.

Format: article;

Topics: decision making; evidence-based practice; public health; randomised controlled trials; research methods; urban areas;

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Author: NEARY Joanne; et al.;

Title: Damned if they do, damned if they don't: negotiating the tricky context of anti-social behaviour and keeping safe in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods.

Reference: Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1), February 2013, pp.118-134.

Format: article;

Topics: anti-social behaviour; gangs; neighbourhoods; peer groups; social exclusion; stereotyped attitudes; urban areas; young people; research; Scotland;

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Author: TEASLEY Martell; et al.;

Title: Perceived barriers and facilitators to school social work practice: a mixed-methods study.

Reference: Children and Schools, 34(3), July 2012, pp.145-153.

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Topics: rural areas; school social work; schools; social workers; urban areas; research; United States;

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Author: SOTERI-PROCTOR Andri; ALCOCK Pete;

Title: Micro-mapping: what lies beneath the third sector radar?

Reference: Voluntary Sector Review, 3(3), November 2012, pp.379-398.

Format: article;

Topics: communities; community work; groups; neighbourhoods; organisations; self-help groups; urban areas; user-led organisations; voluntary organisations; voluntary sector; research; England;

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Author: BOLOGNANI Mata;

Title: Good culture, bad culture ... no culture! The implications of culture in urban regeneration in Bradford, UK.

Reference: Critical Social Policy, 32(4), November 2012, pp.618-635.

Format: article;

Topics: black and minority ethnic people; communities; cultural identity; inner cities; multicultural society; Muslims; regeneration; social policy; urban areas; England;

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Author: BUFFEL Tine; PHILLIPSON Chris; SCHARF Thomas;

Title: Ageing in urban environments: developing 'age-friendly' cities.

Reference: Critical Social Policy, 32(4), November 2012, pp.597-617.

Format: article;

Topics: ageing; communities; inner cities; needs; older people; social policy; urban areas;

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Author: GILBERT Peter; PARKES Madeleine;

Title: Faith in one city: exploring religion, spirituality and mental wellbeing in urban UK.

Reference: Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, 4(1), 2011, pp.16-27.

Format: article;

Topics: black and minority ethnic people; case studies; mental health; multicultural society; religious beliefs; spirituality; urban areas; wellbeing; research; England;

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Author: ROBINSON Gary; et al.;

Title: Context, diversity and engagement: early intervention with Australian Aboriginal families in urban and remote contexts.

Reference: Children and Society, 26(5), September 2012, pp.343-355.

Format: article;

Topics: behaviour problems; early intervention; evaluation; indigenous people; multicultural approach; parental skills training; rural areas; urban areas; research; Australia;

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Author: MILAM Adam J.; et al.;

Title: Neighborhood environment and internalizing problems in African American children.

Reference: Community Mental Health Journal, 48(1), February 2012, pp.39-44.

Format: article;

Topics: black and minority ethnic people; environmental factors; gender; housing estates; mental health problems; urban areas; young people; research; United States;

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Author: CONOLLY Anna; PARKES Jenny;

Title: 'You're like a prisoner in your house. She's not allowed to go nowhere': autonomy in young people's familial relationships in areas affected by high youth crime.

Reference: Families, Relationships and Societies, 1(2), July 2012, pp.155-172.

Format: article;

Topics: families; family relations; parenting; risk; urban areas; young people; research; England;

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Author: ASTHANA Sheena;

Title: Variations in access to social care for vulnerable older people in England: is there a rural dimension?

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Publisher: Gloucester: Commission for Rural Communities, 2012. 50p.

Format: book;

Topics: access to services; equal opportunities; rural areas; social care; social care provision; urban areas; research; England;

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Author: WAIN Neil; JOYCE Peter;

Title: Disaffected communities, riots and policing: Manchester 1981 and 2011.

Reference: Safer Communities, 11(3), 2012, pp.125-134.

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Topics: communities; police; policy; riots; social media; urban areas; research; England;

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Author: HANCOCK Lynn; MOONEY Gerry; NEAL Sarah;

Title: Crisis social policy and the resilience of the concept of community.

Reference: Critical Social Policy, 32(3), August 2012, pp.343-364.

Format: article;

Topics: communities; cutbacks; government policy; social policy; urban areas; United Kingdom;

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Author: LAWLESS Paul;

Title: Can area-based regeneration programmes ever work? Evidence from England's New Deal for Communities Programme.

Reference: Policy Studies, 33(4), July 2012, pp.313-328.

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Topics: community development; evaluation; neighbourhoods; regeneration; social policy; social programmes; urban areas; research; England;

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Author: HUDSON John;

Title: Welfare regimes and global cities: a missing link in the comparative analysis of welfare states?

Reference: Journal of Social Policy, 41(3), July 2012, pp.455-473.

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Topics: comparative studies; globalisation; social policy; urban areas; welfare state;

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Author: BROWN Sherrod; GARVEY Timothy; HARDEN Troy;

Title: A sporting chance: exploring the connection between social work with groups and sports for at-risk urban youth.

Reference: Groupwork, 21(3), 2011, pp.62-77.

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Topics: groupwork; intervention; social work; sport; urban areas; young people; United States;

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Author: BERTOTTI Marcello; et al.;

Title: The contribution of a social enterprise to the building of social capital in a disadvantaged urban area of London.

Reference: Community Development Journal, 47(2), April 2012, pp.168-183.

Format: article;

Topics: case studies; communities; community development; race relations; social capital; social enterprises; social inclusion; social networks; urban areas; research; England;

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