Rethinking Community Research: Inter-relationality, Communal Being and Commonality

Studdert, David; Walkerdine, Valerie

ISBN 10: 1349703125 / ISBN 13: 9781349703128

Published by MacMillan, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Community Research: Inter-relationality, Communal Being and Commonality
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349703125
• ISBN 13: 9781349703128
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book sheds new light on the complex inter-relations that make up class, power, local history and space. It turns community thinking on its head by understanding community not as an object but as a relational process with sociality at its core. Based on fieldwork from one market town and the work of Hannah Arendt, it demonstrates how a new approach to social practices can illuminate our understanding of commonality and communal being. Whilst community has become both a much-derided and much-touted term, this thought-provoking work shows that it is at the heart of social process. It will appeal to researchers of sociology, social policy, politics, public health and geography, as well as those involved in public policy design and implementation.

About the Author

David Studdert is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. 

Valerie Walkerdine is Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.