Community Practice Skills : Local to Global Perspectives / Dorothy N. Gamble, Marie Weil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamble, Dorothy N.

Contributor:

Weil, Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development.

Community organization.

Community-based social services.

Local Subjects:

Community development.

Community organization.

Community-based social services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1031 p.)

Place of Publication:

: Columbia University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil differentiate among a range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive and effective guide to working with communities. Presenting eight distinct models grounded in current practice and targeted toward specific goals, Gamble and Weil take an unusually inclusive step, combining their own extensive experience with numerous case and practice examples from talented practitioners in international and domestic settings.The authors open with a discussion of the theories for community work and the values of social justice and human rights, concerns that have g

Contents:

Communities and community practice in local to global contexts

Conceptual frameworks and models for community practice

Evolution of values, concepts, and community practice approaches

Theories and perspectives for community practice

Neighborhood and community organizing

Organizing functional communities

Social, economic, and sustainable development

Inclusive program development

Communities and social planning

Building effective coalitions

Political and social action

Movements for progressive change

The challenges for community practice ahead.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780231520928

0231520921

OCLC:

828795451