New Labour's appropriation of the concept of community: a critique |
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Authors: | Fremeaux Isabelle |
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Institution: | Address for correspondence: Faculty of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College, 26 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DQ. Tel: 020 7631 6318; email: i.fremeaux{at}bbk.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | This article analyses the ways in which community,one of the most important yet ill-defined concepts in SocialSciences, has been appropriated in the discourseof the UK's New Labour government. It argues that the highlystrategic ways in which the term is used leads to associatedmeanings that neglect the intrinsically complex nature of theconcept and risk essentializing group identities, thus adverselyaffecting the most deprived sections of society. |
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