
Community Practice Skills
Local to Global Perspectives
Columbia University Press
Will be published approx. on 12. November 2009
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-231-11002-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 guided the work of activists from Jane Addams and Martin Luther King Jr. to Cesar Chavez, Wangari Maathai, and Vandana Shiva. They survey the concepts, knowledge, and perspectives influencing community practice and evaluation strategies. Descriptions of eight practice models follow, incorporating real-life case examples from many parts of the world and demonstrating multiple applications for each model as well as the primary roles, competencies, and skills used by the practitioner.
Complexities and variations encourage readers to determine, through comparative analysis, which model at which time best fits the goals of a community group or organization, given the context, culture, social, economic, and environmental issues and opportunities for change. An accompanying workbook stressing empowerment strategies and skills development is also available from Columbia University Press.
Complexities and variations encourage readers to determine, through comparative analysis, which model at which time best fits the goals of a community group or organization, given the context, culture, social, economic, and environmental issues and opportunities for change. An accompanying workbook stressing empowerment strategies and skills development is also available from Columbia University Press.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
7 line drawings, 14 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-231-11002-0 (9780231110020)
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Persons
Dorothy N. Gamble is Clinical Associate Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and has contributed to over twenty-five publications, among them The Handbook of Community Practice. She has extensive experience in both domestic and international community practice settings.Marie Weil is the Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor of Community Practice at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and founding editor of the Journal of Community Practice. She has numerous publications and experience in urban and rural practice with diverse populations. She is the editor of The Handbook of Community Practice.
Content
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Part I. Community Practice: Purpose and Knowledge Base 1. Communities and Community Practice in Local to Global Contexts 2. Conceptual Frameworks and Models for Community Practice 3. Evolution of Values, Concepts, and Community Practice Approaches 4. Theories and Perspectives for Community Practice Part II. Eight Models of Community Practice for the Twenty-First Century 5. Neighborhood and Community Organizing 6. Organizing Functional Communities 7. Social, Economic, and Sustainable Development 8. Inclusive Program Development 9. Communities and Social Planning 10. Building Effective Coalitions 11. Political and Social Action 12. Movements for Progressive Change 13. The Challenges for Community Practice Ahead References Index