Community Groups in Context

Professor Jenny Phillimore is Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity. During her five years at the Third Sector Research Centre her interests included small scale community action, refugee and migrant communities and community engagementAngus McCabe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham. He has a background in community development practice in urban and rural settings in the UK

“The book provides an insightful picture of BTR groups and social action in communities that is incredibly valuable to anyone wanting to understand more about this aspect of the UK voluntary sector.” Community Development Journal (OUP)

• Introduction: Why get below the radar? The importance of understanding community groups and activities ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny PhillimorePart One: Scoping and mapping community actions and activitiesBelow the radar? Community groups and activities in context ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny PhillimoreGetting below the radar: micro-mapping ‘hidden’ community activity ~ Andri Soteri-ProctorPart Two: Community groups and activities in contextAre we different? Claims for distinctiveness in voluntary and community action ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny PhillimoreCommunity as policy: reflections on community engagement, empowerment and social action in a changing policy context ~ Angus McCabeLost to austerity, lost in austerity: rethinking the community sector in Ireland ~ Niall CrowleyAll change? Surviving below the radar: community groups and activities in hard times ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny PhillimorePart Three: Under-explored radarsThe UK Gypsy, Traveller and Roma third sector: a Gypsy industry or route to empowerment? ~ Andrew Ryder and Sarah CemlynUnderstanding grassroots arts groups and practices in communities ~ Hilary Ramsden, Jane Milling and Robin SimpsonIs there a black and minority ethnic third sector in the UK? ~ Lucy Mayblin‘More than a refugee community organisation’: a study of African migrant associations in Glasgow ~ Teresa PiacentiniPart Four: Thinking about voice, learning and emotion below the radar‘Almost a whisper’: black and minority ethnic community groups’ voice and influence ~ Phil WareLearning to sustain social action ~ Jenny Phillimore and Angus McCabeAuthentic and legitimate? The emotional role of ‘grassroots’ community activists in policymaking ~ Rosie AndersonConclusion: thinking back and looking forward ~ Angus McCabe and Jenny Phillimore