Analysing Community Work
Theory And Practice
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2015
202 pages
978-0-335-24512-3 (ISBN)
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This is a key text in community work, discussing international thinkers and arguing for more critical analysis of community work.
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Content
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Praise for this book
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Globalization
- Neo- liberalism
- Increasing influence of technology
- Increasing economic inequality
- Environmental politics and a sustainable future
- 1995 and since
- The structure of the book
- And finally . . .
- 2 What is community?
- The difficulties of defining community
- The nostalgic view of community
- Community in 'soaps'
- Romantic socialist views of community
- 'Community' that is used to legitimate valued social achieve ment
- Community as neighbourhood
- The changing nature of community
- Conclusion
- 3 British community work
- Introduction
- Community work in the colonial tradition
- British community work: the early days
- The COS as an early form of social work and the emergence of an alternative under standing of the impact of poverty on communities
- Beginnings of community work in the settlement movement
- The 1915 Glasgow tenants strike: an early form of community action
- The increasing recognition of women's role in community
- The inter-war period: the emphasis on community integration to counter worker unrest
- Worker unrest, the growth of mutual aid organizations, and a divided Britain
- Wartime Britain: a sense of national solidarity and demand for change in civil society
- Community work in social democracy
- The rapid growth of British community work
- 'The times, they are-a-changin'
- Conclusion
- 4 British community work
- Introduction
- The recession of the mid-1970s
- The Labour government, 1974-79: community work undergoes a change
- The New Right and community work
- Community work in the 1990s: the changing world
- 1997-2010 New Labour and community participation
- The global economic crisis 2008-09
- 2010 onwards: austerity and the 'Big Society'
- Social networks and social movements
- Conclusion
- 5 Community work theories
- Introduction
- What is theory and why is it important?
- Evaluating community work theories
- 6 Community work theories for the twenty-first century
- Introduction
- The theories of Antonio Gramsci: their contribution to community work theory
- The theories of Paulo Freire: their contribution to community work
- Other contributions to community work theory-building
- The potential contribution of the study of social movements and new social movements to community work theory
- Conclusion
- 7 Community work models
- Introduction
- Community care
- Community organization
- Community development
- Community education
- Community action
- Community economic development
- Feminist community work
- Ethnic minority and anti-racist community work
- Environmentalism and the green movement critique
- Conclusion
- 8 Community work in prac tice
- Introduction
- Community work values
- Community work skills
- Community work skills: 'neutral' or political?
- Community work education and training
- The employment of community workers
- Community work management
- Conclusion
- 9 Community work internationally
- The International Association for Community Development (IACD)
- The Community Development Society (CDS)
- The Community Development Journal
- Community organizing internationally
- Global citizen action
- Pokfulam Village: a community work project to sustaina heritage settlement
- Knitting together the global community work patch work
- Conclusion
- 10 Conclusion and future directions
- The future of community work
- Research and community work
- Education and training
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix Select Community Development Project bibliography
- Index
