Reflections on Community Organization
Enduring Themes and Critical Issues
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-87581-416-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses fundamental concepts and dilemmas of community organization practice. It contains reflections and analysis by prominent figures in community organization--scholars, teachers, and activists who have made pioneering and seminal contributions to the field. Fourteen leaders provide reflective narratives and summarize their experience and observations. Their autobiographical accounts of lives and endeavors during the second half of the twentieth century are based on the verities of direct engagement. To broaden and enrich the discussion, professionals from several allied disciplines provide analytic commentaries, reflecting on the reflections.
This book addresses fundamental concepts and dilemmas of community organization practice. It contains reflections and analysis by prominent figures in community organization--scholars, teachers, and activists who have made pioneering and seminal contributions to the field. Fourteen leaders provide reflective narratives and summarize their experience and observations. Their autobiographical accounts of lives and endeavors during the second half of the twentieth century are based on the verities of direct engagement. To broaden and enrich the discussion, professionals from several allied disciplines provide analytic commentaries, reflecting on the reflections.
This book addresses fundamental concepts and dilemmas of community organization practice. It contains reflections and analysis by prominent figures in community organization--scholars, teachers, and activists who have made pioneering and seminal contributions to the field. Fourteen leaders provide reflective narratives and summarize their experience and observations. Their autobiographical accounts of lives and endeavors during the second half of the twentieth century are based on the verities of direct engagement. To broaden and enrich the discussion, professionals from several allied disciplines provide analytic commentaries, reflecting on the reflections.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87581-416-2 (9780875814162)
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Content
Part One: SETTING THE STAGE. 1. Intent and Content, Jack Rothman. 2. Historical Context in Community Intervention, Jack Rothman. Part Two: THE REFLECTIONS: DOMAINS AND THEMES. 3. Agency Under Attack: The Risks, Demands, and Rewards of Community Activism, George Brager. 4. High Hopes, Hard Realities, Robert Perlman. 5. Neighborhood Organization: How Well Does It Work? John B. Turner. 6. Service and Cause-Both Sides of the Same Coin, Margaret E. Berry. 7. Gangs and Community Organization, Irving A. Spergel. 8. My Community Organization Journey, Mildred C. Barry. 9. Disruptive Dissensus: People and Power in the Industrial Age, Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. 10. The Impact of Politics, Economics, and Race on Social Work Community Organization, David M. Austin. 11. A Very Personal Account of the Intellectual History of Community Organization, Jack Rothman. 12. Organizing the Professional Social Work Community, Chauncey A. Alexander. 13. Development of a Specialized Curriculum in Community Organization, Meyer Schwartz. 14. The Rise and Decline of CO at Berkeley. Part Three: REFLECTIONS ON THE REFLECTIONS: COMMENTARIES FROM DIVERSE VANTAGE POINTS. 15. The Role of Ideas, Interests, and Institutions in Community Organizing. 16. Some Lessons on Community Organization and Change. 17. The Importance of History and Context in Community Organization, Robert Fisher. 18. What Kind of Profession? Community Organization in and Beyond Social Work, Mayer N. Zald. 19. Current, Emerging, and Future Trends for Community Organization Practice, Lorraine Gutierrez.