Social (In)equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Combining theoretical and empirical research with global case studies, this innovative book examines the complex relationships between social (in)equality, community well-being and quality of life. Insightful and forward-thinking, it explores strategies for fostering strong communities, focusing on the importance of social connections, shared resources and a sense of belonging.Centred on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, which advocates reducing income inequality, promoting social inclusion, ensuring equal opportunities and advocating for egalitarian policies, the book explores the interconnectedness between these targets and quality of life and community well-being. Chapters address critical issues such as income disparities, access to healthcare and education, community philanthropy, reforms in historic preservation recognizing inequalities and systemic barriers that perpetuate inequality. SDG 10 is a baseline in some chapters, connecting to one or more of the other 16 SDGs as collective indicators for global change.Extensive and multidisciplinary in its analysis, Social (In)equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life will be an enlightening read for students, researchers and academics in the fields of development studies, human geography, public policy, sociology, planning and urban studies. It will also benefit international practitioners and policymakers working in sustainable development, social policy and public policy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-16
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Progressing the Sustainable Development Goals series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781035312443

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Edited by Patsy Kraeger, Associate Professor, California State University, Bakersfield, US, M. Rezaul Islam, Professor, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Rhonda Phillips, St. Mary's College of Maryland, US

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‘At a time of immense global challenges, this book is a great way of starting hopeful conversations about what we can do to create an equitable and sustainable world and challenge discourses that sustain inequalities and threaten all forms of life on earth. A wide range of students in the fields of social work, social sciences, environment sciences and urban planning will find the chapters in this book informative and thought provoking. I highly recommend it.’

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Contents:PART I SOCIAL (IN)EQUALITY, COMMUNITYWELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE:AN OVERVIEW1 Introduction and overview of social (in)equality,community well-being and quality of life 2Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and M. Rezaul Islam2 A holistic perspective to nurture quality of life and social equity 11Cornelia C. Walther3 Community quality of life and socio-spatial inequalities 36Graciela Tonon, Javier Martínez and Claudia Mikkelsen4 Connecting equity, community well-being, and qualityof life via system elements and a common narrative ofcommunity development 49Joongsub Kim5 Understanding inequality for European inclusion in SDG10 of the 2030 United Nations Agenda 79Nuno Nunes, Rosário Mauritti, Maria do Carmo Botelho,Sara Franco da Silva, Luís Cabrita and Daniela CraveiroPART II COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOODS ANDIMPACTS ON EQUALITY AND WELL-BEING6 Increasing community well-being through school-centeredneighborhood development: the Community LearningCenter Institute in Cincinnati 125Adelyn Hall and David Varady7 Becoming resilient: exploring community well-beingthrough politicized participation in Louisville, Kentucky 149Angela D. Storey, David Johnson, Victoria Clemons,Allison Smith, Daniel DeCaro and Lauren Heberle8 In between rural and urban: a neighborhood called Fikirtepe 170Cem Topçu and Emine Ümran TopçuPART III INCOME, INEQUALITY AND SOCIALCHANGE: IMPACTS ON WELL-BEING ANDQUALITY OF LIFE9 ‘I suppose if you’re not given the tools to get out of theshit, how are you going to get out of the shit?’: a criticalanalysis of the use of social capital to address communitywellbeing and social inequality in time banking 182Juliette Wilson-Thomas10 Community affluence as a barrier to housing affordability:the siting of low-income housing tax credit projects andsustained inequality in Illinois’s capital region 205Richard Funderburg, Tyrone Dooley, Travis Bland andTessica Dooley11 Launching a Black Equity and Excellence Fund:improving community well-being through Black-ledsocial change 227Dashiell Elliott and Frank RidziPART IV HUMANKIND, EQUALITIES AND WELL-BEING12 (Un)healthy places: social inequality and healthy agingfrom an ecological, developmental perspective 248Ivis García13 Improving quality of life among advanced cancer patientsand family caregivers 273Wanda Kiyah George Albert, Adi Fahrudin, StewardLindong and Husmiati Yusuf14 Reimagining LGBTQ student inclusion and support in schools 284Matthew L. McClellan15 Meritocracy, marriage and mating: a cross-countryqualitative analysis between India and the UK/USA 303Shahla KhanPART V PLACE-BASED APPROACHES16 Dispossession of rights through development policies:inequalities in Siracusa from industrialization to newurban paradises 324MariaOlivella Rizza17 Unpacking informal partnerships and intangible resourcesin co-creation of community 350Anne-Lise K. Velez, Candice Pippin Bodkin, Kate R.Albrecht and Anne Patrick18 The nexus between urban green space and well-being ofcitizens: implication for cities of developing countries 364Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Isahaque Ali, Sajjad HossainShozib, Babul Hossain, Hrachuhi Galstyan, Md NuralamHossain and Sumaira Khurshid19 Social inequality and Sustainable Development Goals:rural–urban disparity in Bangladesh 386M. Rezaul Islam20 Participatory community philanthropy: a pathway forreducing social (in)equalities 412Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and Ikeoluwa Akanmu