Community Psychology in the UK Members of the work life research centre work with the Community Psychology team on various projects.
Community, Work and Family. The Journal Community, Work and Family published by Taylor and Francis, was established to provide a forum for research and debate on the three overlapping areas.
Completed projects with a community perspective
Parents Combining Employment with the Care of Disabled Children. Read the Findings of this research on the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website
Creating Community Potential. Read the details of the Creating Community Potential project, conducted with the Industrial Society (now the Work Foundation).
Some useful publications
Brannen, J and Moss, P 1998 The polarisation and intensification of parental employment in Britain: consequences for children, families and the community, Community, Work and Family 1 3 229-248
Googins, B 1997 Shared responsibility for managing work and family relationships: a community perspective, in S. Parasuraman and J.H.Greenberg (eds) Integrating Work and Family. Challenges and Choices for a Changing World. Westport. CT: Quorum
Kagan, C, Lewis, S and Heaton, P 1998 Caring to work: accounts of working parents of disabled children. London: Family Policy Studies Centre