This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. This book highlights the way in which …

'The Big Society'has become a key element of the Coalition's Government policy platform,
not only on the delivery of public services by the formal and funded voluntary sector but also …

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the emergence of left-wing politics in two of
the largest South American nations: Argentina and Brazil. It looks in particular at the …

There is growing international interest in community development (CD) approaches to
addressing mental distress and promoting mental well-being, generated by major changes …

In this chapter I outline my path towards and through this research story, sketch the choices I
had to make, and recount the twists and turns of a developing, emergent research design. I …

Background: This paper draws on new research exploring community-based, participatory
arts practice in Northern England and Mexico City to discuss contextual influences on artists' …

This article furthers the inquiry on post-neoliberal shifts in Latin America by examining
regulatory reform towards civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ecuador. By explaining the …

Abstract President Hugo Chavez was first elected President of Venezuela in 1998 on an anti-
neoliberal platform that promised" power to the people" via processes of state-grassroots …

This paper presents a case study of a youth organisation working with families in extreme
poverty and lack of adequate housing in Chile and Mexico. It initially describes the …

ABSTRACT The Transition School helped to understand interactions between elites and
popular mobilisation both favouring and conditioning the establishment of democratic rule in …