@article{fca8dbda7a894de583d954e62a21f1b7,
title = "Community work as women's work? The gendering of English neighbourhood partnerships",
abstract = "This article contributes to debates about regeneration policy by developing a gendered perspective on neighbourhood partnerships. It explores the gendered nature of partnership working within regeneration policy in England by using a case study of a New Deal for Communities Partnership. Empirical data are used to explore the experiences of women working as unpaid community activists and paid community professionals. The article seeks to place women's perspectives and their everyday lives at the heart of debates about regeneration policy and partnerships.",
keywords = "women, neighborhoods, Community, partnerships",
author = "Lucy Grimshaw",
note = "Funding Information: Dr Lucy Grimshaw has been a Research Fellow in the Social Futures Institute, Teesside University since 2010. She completed her PhD, {\textquoteleft}The role of women in regeneration organizations{\textquoteright}, at the University of the West of England in 2009. Her thesis used gendered organizational theory to examine issues of gender, ethnicity and community involvement in local partnerships including Sure Start and New Deal for Communities. Lucy has over ten years{\textquoteright} experience of working as a researcher in a university setting. She has undertaken research, evaluation and consultancy projects funded by a range of institutions, including the Department of Communities and Local Government; Equalities and Human Rights Commission; and local and regional partnerships. Lucy{\textquoteright}s research interests include local and neighbourhood governance; representations of gender and ethnicity; community empowerment and social exclusion; partnership working and the role of the voluntary sector. Copyright: Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2011",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/cdj/bsr034",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "327--340",
journal = "Community Development Journal",
issn = "0010-3802",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "3",
}