Respect in the neighbourhood: neighbourliness and narratives of decline

Abstract

The article argues that local social networks are crucial to addressing the perceived shortfall in ‘respect’ and civility. Meanings of ‘respect’ are explored and older people's narratives of the decline of neighbourliness are used to explore the sense that for many people ‘community’ has been lost. It is argued that policy and practice have a role to play in the reinvigoration of local social networks.

Citation

Harris, K. (2007), "Respect in the neighbourhood: neighbourliness and narratives of decline", Safer Communities, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200700030