Using real-life case studies that include affordable housing and environmental and crime-prevention initiatives, Community is the perfect primer for understanding the theoretical and practical elements of contemporary community policies and practices.

Acknowledgements 1. Bringing Community Back In? 2. Why Community? Why Now? 3. Identifying Community: Putting the Neoliberal Agenda into Action 4. Can the Neoliberal State Set the Agenda? The Challenges of Power and Politics 5. The Consequences of Neoliberal Funding Regimes 6. Reflections Glossary References Index

Finally, a text I can use in my introduction to community class. Kelly and Caputo have written an accessible book that does not lose the complexity of the concept of community, and does not celebrate community, but situates its role in the context of the transition to neoliberalism. Case studies complement the critical analysis.

Finally, a text I can use in my introduction to community class. Kelly and Caputo have written an accessible book that does not lose the complexity of the concept of community, and does not celebrate community, but situates its role in the context of the transition to neoliberalism. Case studies complement the critical analysis. -- Eric Shragge, School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University This text offers Canadian undergraduate and graduate students a succinct, lucid, and readily accessible account of the effects of neoliberalism on the attempt to utilize 'community' as a solution to so many contemporary Canadian problems. Written at a time when global crises may well augur dramatic change, whether it be further 'responsibilization' or more overt centralization, this is a very timely contribution. In many ways, it is a model text, certainly one to be highly recommended to faculty members for adoption and to students for careful consideration. -- Kit Carson, University of Melbourne