Including the excluded - 9781861347459

Including the excludedFrom practice to policy in European community development\nAuthor(s): Paul Henderson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781861347459, 978-1861347459\nSynopsis\nThis book provides an in-depth study of how community development can contribute to tackling social exclusion. Drawing on the outcomes of a project funded by the Social Inclusion Programme of the European Union and managed by a European network of community development organisations - the Combined European Bureau for Social Development - Including the excluded analyses the experiences of local communities; identifies and explains the key principles that need to underpin programmes and projects that use a community-based approach to tackling social exclusion and provides a summary of key action points that need to be considered by organisations and agencies.\n\nExamples from policy and practice in the UK, Spain, Belgium, Sweden and Norw.