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The short guide to community development / Alison Gilchrist and Marillyn Taylor.
LIBRA HN49.C6 G453 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilchrist, Alison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community development.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 177 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Community development has been an important facet of the social and political landscape in the UK say Gilchrist (Community Development Foundation) and Taylor (visiting research fellow, Institute for Voluntary Action Research), however, it has also been abused and is often difficult to comprehend. They offer a brief introductory guide to community development providing students a clear and practical understanding of what community development is and should be. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- Further reading 7
- 2 What is community development? 9
- Underpinning principles and processes 9
- Providing help, building on resources 12
- Community development's core values 13
- An integrated approach 16
- Related models 16
- Brief conclusion 24
- Summary 24
- Further reading 25
- 3 The changing context of community development 27
- How community policies have developed 27
- Welfare and service reform 33
- Democratic renewal 34
- Restoring community 37
- Regenerating places and economies 39
- Brief conclusion 40
- Summary 41
- Further reading 41
- 4 Theoretical concepts 43
- Theories of community 44
- Understanding motivation and efficacy 48
- Theories of the state 50
- Theories of power: structure or agency? 55
- Organisations and institutions: how agency is organised 60
- Systems and ecological approaches 61
- Social movement theory 62
- Brief conclusion
- Summary
- Further reading
- 5 Effective and ethical community development: what's needed? 67
- A broad value base 67
- A strategic approach 73
- Working with communities 75
- Improving community engagement 78
- Core competencies 80
- People and places 81
- Managing information and resources 84
- Systems: policies and procedures 86
- Self: training, learning and reflection 87
- Brief conclusion 88
- Summary 89
- Further reading 89
- 6 Applying community development in different service areas 91
- Environmental protection and sustainable development 95
- Local economic development 99
- Regeneration and poverty reduction 103
- Community arts and culture 107
- Brief conclusion 112
- Summary 112
- Further reading 112
- 7 Challenges for practice 115
- Orientation 116
- Status and recognition 117
- Role boundaries 118
- Community belonging: place and identity? 119
- Equality and diversity 121
- Leadership issues 123
- Accountability 125
- Mainstreaming, targeted or specialist work? 126
- Demonstrating impact: measuring the social return 127
- Professional standards and ethics 129
- Brief conclusion 130
- Summary 131
- Further reading 131
- 8 Current and future trends 133
- Back to the future? 133
- Global economic crisis: an opportunity for new sustainable models? 135
- The shrinking state: preserving the public sphere 139
- Redefining community: migration and its significance for place 142
- New ways of knowing and communicating 143
- Climate change and sustainable development 145
- Bringing it all together 146
- Summary 148
- Further reading 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847426895
- 1847426891
- OCLC:
- 668198402
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