Outputs (3)

Critical Community Practice (2007)
Book
Butcher, H., Banks, S., Henderson, P., & Robertson, J. (2007). Critical Community Practice. Bristol: Policy Press

With the increasing focus on 'community' as the site for renewing democracy, improving policymaking and enhancing service delivery, this book provides a challenging approach to understanding community practice. It offers a much-needed theoretical per... Read More about Critical Community Practice.

The grit in the oyster: community development workers in a modernizing local authority (2007)
Journal Article
Banks, S., & Orton, A. (2007). The grit in the oyster: community development workers in a modernizing local authority. Community Development Journal, 42(1), 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsi074

This article offers a brief overview of the challenges facing UK local authorities, including the need to enhance public participation in decision making and service delivery, improve service performance and increase partnership working. It explores... Read More about The grit in the oyster: community development workers in a modernizing local authority.

Between equity and empathy: social professions and the new accountability (2007)
Journal Article
Banks, S. (2007). Between equity and empathy: social professions and the new accountability. Social work & society, 5(3), 11-22

This article explores the practical and ethical implications of the ‘new accountability’ (working to procedures, targets and standards) based on interviews with British social professionals. Although similar tendencies are present in other European c... Read More about Between equity and empathy: social professions and the new accountability.