Community Practice Skills - Local to Global Perspectives

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-11002-0
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gamble, Dorothy

Weil, Marie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsPart I. Community Practice: Purpose and Knowledge Base1. Communities and Community Practice in Local to Global Contexts2. Conceptual Frameworks and Models for Community Practice3. Evolution of Values, Concepts, and Community Practice Approaches4. Theories and Perspectives for Community PracticePart II. Eight Models of Community Practice for the Twenty-First Century5. Neighborhood and Community Organizing6. Organizing Functional Communities7. Social, Economic, and Sustainable Development8. Inclusive Program Development9. Communities and Social Planning10. Building Effective Coalitions11. Political and Social Action12. Movements for Progressive Change13. The Challenges for Community Practice AheadReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

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.