The Rejuvenation of Community Studies? Neighbours, Networks and Policy
- 4 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Review
- Vol. 33 (3), 430-448
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954x.1985.tb02434.x
Abstract
Why have community studies in Britain undergone such a decline? Several reasons are suggested for the decrease in popularity of this type of research since the mid-1960s, but several signs of possible resurgence are detected. Sociologists may also have something to learn from applied work in this area. The definition of the field is shifting from the geographical community to the study of primary group relations among neighbours, friends and kin. An effective methodological strategy which avoids hypostatising geographical space is social network analysis. Current theoretical issues are exemplified from Philip Abrams's work. There is revival too in the study of local-level political action.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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