Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yan, Miu Chung

Titel

Bridging the Fragmented Community: Revitalizing Settlement Houses in the Global Era

Ist Teil von

• Journal of community practice, 2004-10, Vol.12 (1-2), p.51-69

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the global era, with the retrenchment of welfare states, people have to turn to their community, a major component of civil society, for support. In this paper, a fluid concept of community is proposed in response to the fragmentation and diversity caused by globalization in the local community. It is argued that to bridge different interests in the community, settlement houses, as a third sector organization in the community, is an effective community-building mechanism. This paper provides a brief history of the success of the settlement house in building solidarity and generating social capital in the local community. The author identifies implications for the role of the social work profession in revitalizing the settlement house as a community-building approach.