Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : who needs community anyway? / Austin Williams -- Faking civil society / Dave Clements -- A green unpleasant land / Alastair Donald -- Public space : designing-in community / Richard Williams -- New new urbanism / Austin Williams -- Density versus sprawl / Karl Sharro -- Salvation by brick? : the life and death of British communities / Penny Lewis -- Strictly personal : the working class confined to community / Andrew Calcutt -- Virtual communities versus political realities / Martyn Perks -- Minorities, multiculturalism and the metropolitan experience / Neil Davenport -- From little Italy to big America / Elisabetta Gasparoni-Abraham -- Rio on Galway : immigration and Ireland / Suzy Dean -- Communities on the couch / Martin Earnshaw -- Youthful misbehaviour or adult traumas? / Stuart Waiton -- Parish pump politics / Dave Clements -- Conclusion : a death greatly exaggerated / Alastair Donald.

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