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The handbook of community practice / edited by Marie Weil, Michael S. Reisch, Mary L. Ohmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community-based social services.
- Community organization.
- Community development.
- Community psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 948 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2013.
- Summary:
- Encompassing community development, organizing, planning, & social change, as well as globalisation, this book is grounded in participatory & empowerment practice. The 36 chapters assess practice, theory & research methods.
- Contents:
- Preface
- The context of community practice
- Introduction: communities : contexts and challenges for the 21st century / Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer, Michael Reisch
- History and context for community practice / William Brueggemann
- Community practice challenges in the global economy / Michael Reisch
- Social justice, human rights, values, and community practice / Michael Reisch, Marie Weil
- Theories of community / Robert J. Chaskin
- Applying practice theories in community work / Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer
- Major approaches to community practice : development, organizing, social planning and social change
- Evolution, models and the changing context of community practice / Marie Weil, Dorothy N. Gamble, Mary L. Ohmer
- Development theories and community development practice : trajectory of changes / Lakshmi Lingam
- Sustainable community development / Dorothy Gamble, Marie D. Hoff
- Organizing
- The practice of community organizing : comparing and contrasting conflict and consensus approaches / Mary L. Ohmer, Fred Brooks
- New theory for new constituencies : contemporary organizing in communities of color / Rinku Sen
- Planning
- Social planning with communities : theory & practice / Marie Weil
- Larger scale social planning : planning for services, communities and regions / Jon Simon Sager, Marie Weil
- Progressive social change: people, systems, and societies
- Participatory methods in community practice / Dorothy N. Gamble
- Political, social and legislative action / Jacqueline Mondros
- Radical community organizing / Michael Reisch
- Coalitions, collaborations and partnerships : interorganizational approaches to social change / Terry Mizrahi, Beth Rosenthal, Jan Ivery
- Eight models of policy practice : local, state, national, and international arenas / Bruce Jansson, Gretchen Heidemann, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Ralph Fertig
- Issues, areas & fields of community practice
- Issues & areas
- Cultural competency: organizations and diverse populations / Patricia St. Onge
- Principles, skills, and practice strategies for promoting multicultural communication and collaboration / Lorraine Gutierrez, Edith Lewis, Adrienne Dessel, Mike Spencer
- Fields of practice and populations
- Rural community practice: organizing, planning, and development / Iris Carlton-LaNey, Professor, Yolanda Burwell, Craig White, Co-Director
- Renewing social work's commitment to workplace justice / Alice B. Gates, David Dobbie
- Community economic and social development in a changing world / David Feehan, Marvin D. Feit, Carol Becker
- Comprehensive community building at a crossroads in civil society / Tracy Soska, University of Pittsburgh, Robert J. Fiekema
- Creating a model children's service system : lessons from san francisco.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781412976640
- 1412976642
- 9781452289977
- 1452289972
- 9781322307251
- 1322307253
- OCLC:
- 843884550
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