Cultures, Communities, Identities : Cultural Strategies for Participation and Empowerment

Annotation Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings. This book starts by analyzing contemporary debates on cultures, communities, and identities, in the context of globalization. This sets the framework for the discussion of cultural strategies to combat social exclusion and to promote community participation in transformative agendas for local economic and social development. The final chapter focuses on the use of cultural strategies and new technologies across national boundaries, at the global level. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-12 Culture and Cultural Strategies in the Context of ‘Global’ Restructuring....Pages 13-35 Communities, Identities and Social Movements....Pages 36-61 ‘Race’, Racism, Anti-Racism and Identities....Pages 62-86 Community, Culture and Cultural Strategies: Alternative Approaches in Community Development....Pages 87-110 Cultural Strategies and Community Economic Development....Pages 111-132 Nationality, Ethnicity, Identity and Displacement: Cultural Strategies to Find Ways of Feeling ‘at Home’....Pages 133-154 Cultural Strategies for Health and Well-being....Pages 155-177 Wider Strategies: ‘Globalisation from Below’?....Pages 178-193 Back Matter....Pages 194-217 Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings. The book starts by analysing contemporary debates on cultures, communities and identities, in the context of globalization. This sets the framework for the discussion of cultural strategies to combat social exclusion and to promote community participation in transformative agendas for local economic and social development. The final chapter focuses upon the use of cultural strategies and new technologies across national boundaries, at the global level. This work analyzes recent debates on cultures and communities in the context of globilization. It discusses the use of cultural strategies in combatting social exclusion and promoting community participation in both first and third world countries Culture, it has been suggested, 'is probably the broadest concept of all those used in the historical social sciences. Marjorie Mayo ; Consultant Editor, Jo Campling. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [194]-209) And Index.