Managing community practice : principles, policies and programmes / edited by Sarah Banks [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banks, Sarah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community organization--Great Britain.

Community organization.

Community development--Great Britain.

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois : Polity Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Community involvement is now at the centre of the UK government's social inclusion, neighbourhood renewal and health development programmes, resulting in many challenges for managers involved in such work. The bestselling first edition of this book discussed the meaning, principles and application of managing community practice, focusing on the role and skills needed by managers. This will be required if ambitious regeneration and social inclusion programmes are to work in partnership with the active involvement of communities and exploring a wide range of examples from practice. Since the first edition, there has been a perceptible increase in the structured involvement of communities in developing, delivering and evaluating public policies and projects. In this new edition all chapters have been fully updated in the light of recent developments and new case examples have been included to illustrate such changes. A new chapter on The Managers Role in Community Research has been added and a new concluding chapter explores key challenges which need to be addressed. This book is an essential resource for operational and strategic managers in local government, housing, health and other service delivery agencies, social inclusion and community regeneration projects. It will be essential reading for tutors and students on a wide range of undergraduate and Masters courses.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures, tables and boxes

Preface to the second edition

Acknowledgements

Notes on contributors

Introduction

What is community practice?

The historical and policy context: setting the scene for current debates

Organisational management for community practice: a framework

Individual and organisational development for community practice – an experiential learning approach

Negotiating values, power and responsibility: ethical challenges for managers

Linking partnerships and networks

The manager’s role in community-led research

Participative planning and evaluation skills

Conclusion: sustaining community practice for the future

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2017).

ISBN:

9781447309710

1447309715

9781447314264

1447314263

OCLC:

974234587