Community Work
3rd Edition
Published on 20. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-333-91270-6 (ISBN)
Description
This third edition of a standard introduction to community work brings together theory and practical advice in a concise yet comprehensive guide to the main tasks, challenges and debates facing community workers. Mixing enthusiasm for his subject with realism about what can actually be achieved, Alan Twelvetrees guides the reader through the issues in a straightforward and supportive way. This is a substantially revised and rewritten new edition, offering an up-to-date handbook for students and practitioners alike.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliog , index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
283 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-91270-6 (9780333912706)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Alan Twelvetrees
Community Work
Book
06/2008
4th Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€32.09
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Alan C. Twelvetrees
Community Work
Book
03/1991
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€19.80
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Person
ALAN TWELVETREES is National Manager, Wales, for the Community Development Foundation where he promotes community work through training, consultancy and the dissemination of research. He is a recognised expert in the development of 'practice theory' and has practised, taught and undertaken research in community work for over thirty years in both the UK and the USA.
Content
What is Community Work? - Designing the Intervention and Finding Out What People Want - Working with Community Groups 1: Helping People Set Up and Run Groups - Working with Community Groups 2: Dealing with Practical Issues and Problems - Social Planning Approaches to Community Work - Specialist Community Work: Some Initial Thoughts - Radical Community Work? - Community Work and Public Policy: the Case of Urban Regeneration - Survival and Personal Development - Afterword: Community Work and the Future - Bibliography - Index