Care, Community and Citizenship

This unique edited collection focuses on the relationship between social care, communities, and citizenship. The book provides a link that is relevant to both policy and practice. Care, Community and Citizenship introduces the issues and relationships, and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland. It reflects on the ethics of care and the theoretical and moral complexities to be thought through for both those receiving care and those delivering care. It includes practice-based chapters on community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, anti-social behavior, domestic violence, befriending, volunteering, dementia care, and home care. Care, Community and Citizenship also offers international comparisons and perspectives with chapters on Sweden, Germany, and Japan.

Introduction ~ Susan Balloch and Michael Hill; The role of community in care ~ Michael Hill; Care, community and citizenship in the UK ~ Susan Balloch; Care, community and citizenship in Scotland ~ Alison Petch; Participation, citizenship and a feminist ethic of care ~ Marian Barnes; Ethical dilemmas of front-line regeneration workers ~ Marjorie Mayo, Paul Hoggett and Chris Miller; Citizenship and care for people with dementia: values and approaches ~ Tula Brannelly; Rough justice, enforcement or support: young people and their families in the community ~ Dawn E. Stephens and Peter Squires; Survivors of domestic violence, community and care ~ Paula Wilcox; Promoting choice and control: black and minority ethnic communities experience of social care in Britain ~ Jabeer Butt; Community care development: developing the capacity of local communities to respond to their own support and care needs ~ Deborah Quilgars; Neighbourhood Care Scheme: the 'Coronation Street' model of community care ~ Marylynn Fyvie-Gauld and Sean de Podesta; Challenging stigma and combatting social exclusion through befriending ~ Bill McGowan and Claire Jowitt; Paid care workers in the community: an Australian study ~ Jane Mears; The care of older people in Sweden ~ Christina Hjorth Aronsson; From old to new forms of civic engagement: communities and care in Germany ~ Frank Boenker; The social care systems for older people in Japan and the role of informal care: the Long Term Care Insurance five years on ~ Michihiko Tokoro; Conclusion ~ Susan Balloch and Michael Hill.