Remaking Community addresses the interlinking uses of community in government rhetoric and policy. It explores why the concept of communities became so central to the New Labour governing project that aspired to broker a new form of citizenship based on reciprocity and individual responsibility. Andrew Wallace identifies and discusses how this social vision manifested in a 'politics of membership' and influenced New Labour's distinctive welfare reform agenda.

Andrew Wallace is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 New Labour, New Welfare Citizens; Chapter 3 Local Governance and New Deal for Communities; Chapter 4 Contesting Community; Chapter 5 Another 'Urban Snatch'?; Chapter 6 Making Sense of Social Exclusion; Chapter 7 Ensnared Citizens; Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts;