Community Studies: An Introduction to the Sociology of the Local Community (Study in Sociology) - Hardcover

Bell, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0043000312 ISBN 13: 9780043000311

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1972

Synopsis

Originally published in 1971, this was the first text on community studies which analysed the major empirical work in this field in a comparative perspective. It is concerned both with the sociology of community and the sociology of community studies. It takes both the findings of individual studies and the research process itself as significant sociological data in their own right, and it asks how do we know what we know about communities? Community Studies is, then, not only a contribution to that particular field but also to our understanding of the interaction between theory and method in sociology. Studies are analysed from North and Latin America, Britain and Western Europe, and India. Two central problems, stratification and power, are considered at greater length. This book would prove to be an invaluable introduction not only for students of sociology but also for architects, planners and all those who had an interest in the community at the time. Its authors were, and had been, actively engaged in field research in this area.

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About the Author

Colin Bell is a bank training consultant and director of DC Gardner. He previously worked for 25 years as a banker with a number of international banks in both London and North America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0043000312
• ISBN 13: 9780043000311
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272