Working with Rural Communities
Published on 24. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
174 pages
978-0-333-55146-2 (ISBN)
Description
'a host of eminently sensible practical suggestions...the strength of this book is both that it explores with some rigour the meaning of 'rural', of 'community' and of 'development' and that it has clearly in view the practical needs of the lone, inexperienced field worker...' Community Development Journal Vol. 28 No. 2, 1993P '...deserves to become an essential reference book for all those with an interest in rural community work' Adage Pural communities are facing increasing and contrasting problems, with high levels of unemployment or conflict arising from suburbanisation and the arrival of newcomers. This book provides a strategic framework for dealing with these issues, with an innovatory model for planning and practising rural community work. It is relevant to work in all types of areas and for a wide range of agencies, identifying key management and evaluating tasks. Important connections are made between existing knowledge and worker's own experiences. Concluding with a review of policies this is an invaluable guide for rural community work students and professionals.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-55146-2 (9780333551462)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
David Francis, Paul Henderson
Content
Rural development and community work; local action and community development, the rural context, rural policy and development, communities and people in rural areas; rural communities, people in rural communities groups within rural communities, implications for rural community work developing a strategy; principles, the situation of the agency, the nature of the constituency, existence and potential of other agencies, moving from ideas to a strategy, practical examples, a model of rural community work; working from a distance, focuses, indirect work, direct community work; management in rural community work; staff management, realities of practice, evaluation, planning and organizing evaluation, implications for practice, rural community work in the 1990s; historical perspective, key factors, themes for the 1990s.