Community development for social change / Dave Beck and Rod Purcell.

By:

Beck, Dave [author.]

Contributor(s):

Purcell, Rod [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Description: xiv, 267p. ; 26cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138694149
9781138694156

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Community development for social changeDDC classification:

307.1/4120941 23

LOC classification:

HN49.C6 B384 2020

Summary: "Community Development for Social Change provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of community development and associated activities and discusses best practice from global experience and links that to the UK context. The book integrates the realities of practice to key underpinning theories, human rights, values and a commitment to promoting social justice. A range of practice models are described and analysed, including UK models, popular education and community organising as well as a range of practice issues that need to be understood by community development workers. For example, strategies to promote individual and community empowerment, challenging discrimination, building and sustaining groups, and critical reflection on practice. Finally, a range of case studies from the UK and overseas illustrates good practice in diverse contexts. These case studies are analysed with reference to the values of community development, the promotion of social justice and the underpinning theories. It is an essential text for those on community development courses as well as for a range of workers, including local government, national and local voluntary agencies, and community based organisations"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	Non-fiction	HN49.C6 B384 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		27775
General books	PAC UNIVERSITY General Stacks	Non-fiction	HN49.C6 B384 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available		27776

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Community Development for Social Change provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of community development and associated activities and discusses best practice from global experience and links that to the UK context. The book integrates the realities of practice to key underpinning theories, human rights, values and a commitment to promoting social justice. A range of practice models are described and analysed, including UK models, popular education and community organising as well as a range of practice issues that need to be understood by community development workers. For example, strategies to promote individual and community empowerment, challenging discrimination, building and sustaining groups, and critical reflection on practice. Finally, a range of case studies from the UK and overseas illustrates good practice in diverse contexts. These case studies are analysed with reference to the values of community development, the promotion of social justice and the underpinning theories. It is an essential text for those on community development courses as well as for a range of workers, including local government, national and local voluntary agencies, and community based organisations"-- Provided by publisher.