No Overall Control: Experiencing Community Development in Rural Britain

The publication is a welcome addition to the limited sourcesof literature available to community-based practitioners generallyand particularly to those working in rural areas. ‘NoOverall Control’ aims to explore the reality of communitydevelopment in rural Britain, through a series of stories thathighlight the conflicts and tensions that appear to be a featureof rural change. The book starts with an outline of the issues, policy contextand the increasing though still underdeveloped research basearound community activity and community involvement in ruralareas. It then takes a micro level