TY - JOUR
T1 - Partnerships, community groups and social inclusion
AU - Tett, Lyn
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - The themes of collaboration and partnership lie at the heart of the vision of a range of UK initiatives designed to tackle social exclusion. However, the benefits are extolled and the costs to community groups are minimized. Some of the problems and possibilities for the involvement of community groups in partnerships are considered. Partnerships are characterized by processes of inclusion and exclusion, dominance and subordination and it is argued that attention must be paid to the structures and processes involved. New ways of thinking about representation are required, with priority given to including those with the least power who are nevertheless the most expert in identifying the needs of their own communities, if local action is going to reduce social exclusion.
AB - The themes of collaboration and partnership lie at the heart of the vision of a range of UK initiatives designed to tackle social exclusion. However, the benefits are extolled and the costs to community groups are minimized. Some of the problems and possibilities for the involvement of community groups in partnerships are considered. Partnerships are characterized by processes of inclusion and exclusion, dominance and subordination and it is argued that attention must be paid to the structures and processes involved. New ways of thinking about representation are required, with priority given to including those with the least power who are nevertheless the most expert in identifying the needs of their own communities, if local action is going to reduce social exclusion.
KW - Inclusion
KW - Marginalisation
KW - Partnership
KW - Regeneration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=27944502948&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csce20/current
U2 - 10.1080/01580370500056364
DO - 10.1080/01580370500056364
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:27944502948
VL - 27
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Studies in Continuing Education
JF - Studies in Continuing Education
SN - 0158-037X
IS - 1
ER -