Margaret Lynn
Biographic Data
| ID | 5382840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Lynn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Lynn |
| SIGNATURE | LYNN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1925 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Discourses of community
The ambiguity of community allows it to be a space for a vast range of imposed and ‘organic’ social reproduction functions, and an accessible site for meaningful collective action, but it also has the potential for disempowerment. The breadth of the concept of ‘community’ allows for it to be critiqued as ephemeral or as romantic fiction, but also used and exploited by government. It is because it retains such power to evoke reaction and contest t…
The Return of Community to Rural Human Services
The paper will examine the changing social and political context within which social welfare operates, and will report on two research projects that have explored the approach to community engagement of rural human service workers. The first project in 2000 commenced with the premise that the Kennett years in Victoria had led to the de-funding and devaluing, not only of communities and community development, but of most forms of networking and co…
Rural Social Work
This paper examines Martinez-Brawley's Latin-American based principles of indigenisation, conscientisation and politicisation, and assesses their relevance for Australia, and in particular, Gippsland, a region in Eastern Victoria. It concludes that indigenous practice, or generalist, community-led, locality-specific, network-enhancing practice appears most appropriate in the rural environment, but is often not in evidence. Conscientisation confro…
Deltas and Deans
Post Biograph
Discourses of community
The ambiguity of community allows it to be a space for a vast range of imposed and ‘organic’ social reproduction functions, and an accessible site for meaningful collective action, but it also has the potential for disempowerment. The breadth of the concept of ‘community’ allows for it to be critiqued as ephemeral or as romantic fiction, but also used and exploited by government. It is because it retains such power to evoke reaction and contest t…
Rural Social Work
This paper examines Martinez-Brawley's Latin-American based principles of indigenisation, conscientisation and politicisation, and assesses their relevance for Australia, and in particular, Gippsland, a region in Eastern Victoria. It concludes that indigenous practice, or generalist, community-led, locality-specific, network-enhancing practice appears most appropriate in the rural environment, but is often not in evidence. Conscientisation confro…
The Return of Community to Rural Human Services
The paper will examine the changing social and political context within which social welfare operates, and will report on two research projects that have explored the approach to community engagement of rural human service workers. The first project in 2000 commenced with the premise that the Kennett years in Victoria had led to the de-funding and devaluing, not only of communities and community development, but of most forms of networking and co…
Post Biograph
Deltas and Deans
Rural Social Work
This paper examines Martinez-Brawley's Latin-American based principles of indigenisation, conscientisation and politicisation, and assesses their relevance for Australia, and in particular, Gippsland, a region in Eastern Victoria. It concludes that indigenous practice, or generalist, community-led, locality-specific, network-enhancing practice appears most appropriate in the rural environment, but is often not in evidence. Conscientisation confro…
The Return of Community to Rural Human Services
The paper will examine the changing social and political context within which social welfare operates, and will report on two research projects that have explored the approach to community engagement of rural human service workers. The first project in 2000 commenced with the premise that the Kennett years in Victoria had led to the de-funding and devaluing, not only of communities and community development, but of most forms of networking and co…
Discourses of community
The ambiguity of community allows it to be a space for a vast range of imposed and ‘organic’ social reproduction functions, and an accessible site for meaningful collective action, but it also has the potential for disempowerment. The breadth of the concept of ‘community’ allows for it to be critiqued as ephemeral or as romantic fiction, but also used and exploited by government. It is because it retains such power to evoke reaction and contest t…
Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)