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Resilience in the Post-Welfare Inner City: Voluntary Sector Geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney
Geoffrey Deverteuil
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Description for Resilience in the Post-Welfare Inner City: Voluntary Sector Geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney
Paperback. Moving beyond theoretical notions of 'resilience' this is the first book to offer a conceptual and empirical approach to exploring and comparing the process of resilience across service 'hubs' in three complex but different global inner-city regions: London, Los Angeles and Sydney. Num Pages: 300 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKSN1; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Geoffrey DeVerteuil compares the process of resilience across ten service hubs in three complex but different global inner-city regions - London, Los Angeles and Sydney - in response to the threat of gentrification-induced displacement. The book is the first to move beyond theoretical works on `resilience' and offers a combined conceptual and empirical approach.
Geoffrey DeVerteuil compares the process of resilience across ten service hubs in three complex but different global inner-city regions - London, Los Angeles and Sydney - in response to the threat of gentrification-induced displacement. The book is the first to move beyond theoretical works on `resilience' and offers a combined conceptual and empirical approach.
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447316640
SKU
V9781447316640
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Ref
99-50
About Geoffrey Deverteuil
Geoffrey DeVerteuil is currently senior lecturer at Cardiff University. His research focuses on vulnerable populations and the welfare state and voluntary sector's role in managing the consequences of extreme inequality. As a social geographer of health, he has examined the shifting geographies of mental health care and the challenges in sustaining therapeutic landscapes within marginalised spaces of the city.
Reviews for Resilience in the Post-Welfare Inner City: Voluntary Sector Geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney
DeVerteuil demonstrates well the complex interplay of public, private and voluntary sectors across the three city regions studied and offers real insight around the varied strategies that have enabled VSOs' survival. Antipode Makes a vital contribution to a wider search for a more realistic understanding of what is really happening on the ground of key urban governance and ... Read more