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Author | : Gary Craig |
Publisher | : Spokesman Books |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 085124730X |
Download Community Development in Theory and Practice Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since its establishment in 1966, the Community Development Journal has maintained its position as the leading international journal for practitioners, academics and policy-makers across the world. To celebrate its fortieth anniversary, the CDJ's Editorial Board commissioned three highly experienced members, two of them former editors, to bring together a representative sample of the best writing from the Journal. The thirty chapters in this volume, including an entirely new introductory contextual essay, are drawn from every corner of the world, demonstrating the richness and diversity of community development theory and practice. Despite this diversity, the changing foci of community development and the varying contexts in which it is practised, the chapters all reflect the commitment of community development theorists and practitioners to engage critically with the key values of social justice -- equality, fairness, participatory development and respect for difference. This book will become a key text for those concerned with implementing these values in practice.
Author | : Jerry W. Robinson |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1412974623 |
Download Introduction to Community Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Introduction to Community Development provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field of community development. Bringing together leading scholars in the field of community development, the book follows the curriculum needs in offering a progression from theory to practice, beginning with a theoretical overview, an historical overview, and the various approaches to community development.
Author | : Peter Westoby |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2016-02-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317010981 |
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Based on 25 years of community development practice, six of which have been lived in South Africa, Peter Westoby’s ground-breaking monograph moves away from dominant normative accounts of community development to provide an appreciative and critical analysis of concrete examples of community development theory and practice. By examining community development stories as experienced on the ground, Westoby is able to show how the poor are organising themselves using various forms of community development as well as demonstrating how the state and non-state actors are attempting to organise, engage or accompany the poor through community development. The book also breaks new ground in theorising the practice of community development, drawing inductively from the stories analysed. The diversity of South African contexts and the proliferation of different kinds of community practice, make this a hugely difficult task. Despite this, Westoby argues it is one worth undertaking given the seriousness of the challenges facing the poor and progressive social change agents within South Africa. In this undertaking, Westoby draws upon a unique analytical framework to help illuminate current community development policy and programme challenges, along with practice dilemmas and wisdom.
Author | : Peter Westoby |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134807058 |
Download Soul, Community and Social Change Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
At a time when inequalities are growing globally, when the pace of socio-economic transitions is rapid, and when traditional ties of community are under threat of dissolving, 'soul' offers a new way of thinking imaginatively about how people might respond both individually and collectively in social change work. In exploring ideas such as soul, soulful, 'soul of the world' and soul-force, Peter Westoby invites readers to disrupt their taken-for-granted assumptions about community practice and to foreground ethics, quality, being and the aesthetic. Drawing on work of people such as James Hillman, Thomas Moore and 'Bifo' Beradi, he insists on the need to bring more depth into practice, eschewing contemporary trends of soulless analysis, measuring, and technique. Written in dialogue with eight practitioner-scholars from around the world, the book suggests a fresh terrain for community work and social change theorising. Illustrated by images of Australian cartoonist-prophet Michael Leunig, the book also promises to unlock new imaginative spaces for dreaming. A soul perspective will resonate with people searching for both a robust socio-political response to the world and an imaginative, poetic and mindful centring of self, 'other' and the planet to their practice.
Author | : Margaret Ledwith |
Publisher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1847428762 |
Download Community Development in Action Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In a world in which social divisions are widening not lessening, it is essential for community development, or any other practice committed to social justice and sustainability, to understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. This exciting and practical book is filled to the brim with useful ideas for busy practitioners. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, theories are presented in interesting and straightforward ways to provide an everyday reference for practice. Contained in these pages is all you need to give your practice a critical edge!
Author | : Kalpana Goel |
Publisher | : Niruta Publications |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2014-10-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 8192332675 |
Download Community Work: Theorie, Experiences and Challenges Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book revisits community development especially questioning the meaning of the term community in the changing global and international context. The nature and dynamics of what constitutes community are changing to suit the needs of people living in a technologically advanced nature of life. Communities that were based on face-to-face interactions, sense of belonging and ‘we’ feelings are being replaced or overtaken by virtual communities. What is seen is that face-to-face human interaction is being minimized by technologically advanced ways of communicating, such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype and various other such mechanisms that have traversed physical boundaries and made human interaction possible. This new development has also been instrumental in generating new ideologies, new ways of working with people and addressing human causes. The book delivers practical advice and shares strategies that are based on the real-life experience of working with communities across the nations. It gives breadth and depth of knowledge on community development theory, practice principles, values and illustrates implications for practice based on research and practice experiences that has wider applicability. All the chapters discuss the community development approach/method as a strategy to bring about change in the society. Following a preliminary discussion by Kalpana Goel of the meanings of community and community development, all the chapters discuss the community development approach/method as a strategy to bring about change in the society.
Author | : Mark Brennan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2013-06-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135038902 |
Download Theory, Practice, and Community Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For many scholars, the study of community and community development is at a crossroads. Previously dynamic theories appear not to have kept pace with the major social changes of our day. Given our constantly shifting social reality we need new ideas and research that pushes the boundaries of our extant community theories. Theory, Practice, and Community Development stretches the traditional boundaries and applications of well-established community development theory, and establishes new theoretical approaches rooted in new disciplines and new perspectives on community development. Expanded from a special issue of the journal Community Development, Theory, Practice, and Community Development collects previously published and widely cited essays, as well as new theoretical and empirical research in community development. Compiled by the editors of Community Development, the essays feature topics as varied as placemaking, democratic theory and rural organizing. Theory, Practice, and Community Development is vital for scholars and practitioners coming to grips with the rapidly changing definition of community.
Author | : Danesh A. Chekki |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Community development |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter Westoby |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2016-02-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 131701099X |
Download Theorising the Practice of Community Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Based on 25 years of community development practice, six of which have been lived in South Africa, Peter Westoby’s ground-breaking monograph moves away from dominant normative accounts of community development to provide an appreciative and critical analysis of concrete examples of community development theory and practice. By examining community development stories as experienced on the ground, Westoby is able to show how the poor are organising themselves using various forms of community development as well as demonstrating how the state and non-state actors are attempting to organise, engage or accompany the poor through community development. The book also breaks new ground in theorising the practice of community development, drawing inductively from the stories analysed. The diversity of South African contexts and the proliferation of different kinds of community practice, make this a hugely difficult task. Despite this, Westoby argues it is one worth undertaking given the seriousness of the challenges facing the poor and progressive social change agents within South Africa. In this undertaking, Westoby draws upon a unique analytical framework to help illuminate current community development policy and programme challenges, along with practice dilemmas and wisdom.
Author | : Peter Kibet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2020-06 |
Genre | : |
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Download Community Development Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This e-book provides students of community education and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to this field of study. It provides both a conceptual background and contemporary approaches. The book is divided into four sections. These are community education, community development, community mobilization and community participation.