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Community development in the 21st century: a case of conditional development
- Author:
- POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 36(2), February 2006, pp.333-340.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
During the last 5 years, the UK government has increased support for and resources to community development projects and strategies. These interventions have been deployed to assist the state address key issues of social exclusion notably at neighbourhood level. The thrust for tackling social exclusion and therefore the growth in community development can be linked to New Labour’s adherence to a neo-liberal agenda. The two articles and the working paper considered here reflect this expansion of activity and articulate some of the central issues and challenges facing community development. The central problem for community development appears to be that whilst it has secured a more prominent place within contemporary social policies, it is in danger of losing its ability effectively to address the expressed needs of local communities. Hence the development we are witnessing can be considered to be a case of conditional development.
Community work
- Author:
- POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 30(1), February 2000, pp.109-114.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article provides an historical overview of community work since the 1960's.
Community work: British models
- Author:
- POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 3(3/4), 1996, pp.147-180.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
Presents a typology of models of community work currently extant in the United Kingdom. It focuses on clarifying theoretical points through analysis of the currently most widely accepted contemporary models in use throughout the UK: community care; community organisation; community development; social/community planning; community education; and community action, and developing models of feminist community work, and black and anti-racist community work. Discussion highlights similarities and differences among the models particularly with regard to techniques and skills and ideological traditions to provide a framework to understand community work practice.
Analysing community work: it's theory and practice
- Author:
- POPPLE Keith
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 141p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Analyses the theoretical base of community work and its practical application. Discusses its development and looks at contemporary themes. Provides models of community work and stresses the importance of training.
From 'special measures' to broken promises: the Youth Training Schemes
- Author:
- POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Social Action, 1(3), 1993, pp.8-12.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
Outlines and reviews the historical roots and motivations behind the Youth Training Schemes before discussing the experience of the programmes during the 1990s, which has led to a failure of the government to meet its own promise of a Youth Training place for all young people who want one.
Social work and the community: a critical context for practice
- Authors:
- STEPNEY Paul, POPPLE Keith
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 201p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Clearly outlining the essential theory, policy and practice issues, this book explores how social work is carried out throughout a variety of community settings. It examines a variety of community settings to be relevant throughout a wide audience. It is readable and easy to digest, appealing to social workers at all levels. It establishes a lucid theoretical framework. How important is the notion of community to skilled social work? This book explores how the concept relates to policy, theory and professional practice. With analysis of contemporary social problems throughout a variety of community settings, this book demonstrates how important community-based approaches are to all social workers today.
A solution to our practice placement crisis
- Authors:
- POPPLE Keith, O'HARA Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.09.07, 2007, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In an open letter to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, and care services minister Ivan Lewis, the authors suggest a course of action to prepare new social workers for their career.
Community development and the voluntary sector in the new millennium: the implications of the third way in the UK
- Authors:
- POPPLE Keith, REDMOND Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 35(4), November 2000, pp.391-400.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
New Labour's election in May 1997 ended eighteen years of Conservative rule with a majority of over 170 seats in the House of Commons. It introduced the notion of the Third Way that can be viewed as a pragmatic response to the needs of government and the increasing cost involved in delivering welfare. The volunteer sector is emerging as an influential provider of welfare services, which has given community development a funding boost. However, in this context there is a danger that community development will again be used as a tool to placate disaffected communities. Argues that this runs counter to community development's core values of acting as a liberator among the poorest in society.
The role of community development in building critical health literacy
- Authors:
- SYKES Susie, WILLS Jane, POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 53(4), 2018, p.751–767.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
There is growing international interest in health literacy and the processes by which it can be developed. Critical health literacy, one of the domains of health literacy, shows an affinity with the goals and processes of community development. Critical health literacy represents a cognitive and personal skill set that exists at either individual or community level and which is oriented towards social and political action on factors affecting health. This article examines the relationship between critical health literacy and community development. Using an illustrative case study it explores the extent to which community development processes were used by a project to build critical health literacy amongst vulnerable populations and communities. The case study demonstrates that in working to build the different elements of critical health literacy processes were used that were typical of community development. These processes included building self-efficacy and self-esteem, participatory and mutual learning techniques, acquisition of technical, practical and emancipatory knowledge, democratic processes of collective decision making, critical questioning, critical awareness raising and conscientization. The article argues for community development to embrace and advance the concept of critical health literacy in order that; its potential to address inequalities in health can be achieved and to create an opportunity to embed community development more fully within health policy and practice. (Publisher abstract)
The importance of romantic love to people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BATES Claire, TERRY Louise, POPPLE Keith
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 45(1), 2017, pp.64-72.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Love is important aspect of life, including to people with learning disabilities both historically and more recently. Participants value the companionship, support and social status associated with a partner. Relationships are considered mechanisms to meet certain needs including feeling loved, company, intimacy and enabling individuals to marry and have children. This article examines the importance of romantic love to people with learning disabilities. Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological study, guided by the theory of Van Manen was conducted using interviews with eleven people with learning disabilities examining the importance of romantic love. Results: The analysis revealed that love was important to them, specifically the companionship and support a loving partner provided. The physical expression of love by a partner was valued highly, especially kissing and cuddling. Most participants had experienced some form of abuse, but it appeared that the love of a partner was reparative and they were able to form satisfying relationships. Conclusion: Participants’ narratives highlighted the role staff play in supporting them to fulfill their romantic needs. The romantic relationship needs of people with learning disabilities were examined in relation to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The hierarchy was revised to reflect the value of having a loving relationship to people with learning disabilities and to identify the support they required to facilitate and maintain this. (Publisher abstract)