Settlements, Social Change and Community Action

Reflecting the emphasis in social care, social policy and welfare on the ideas of community and active citizenship, this book provides historiecal background to community-based social action and seeks to inform and contextualize practice and policy in the field. The book also seeks to develop the basic settlement concepts of strong communities and links across groups with different kinds of need, and applies them to current policy developments in community responsibility, the role of voluntary work and the future of social care.