
The Handbook of Community Practice
By: Marie Weil (Editor), Michael S. Reisch (Editor), Mary L. Ohmer (Editor)
Paperback | 29 August 2012 | Edition Number 2
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968 Pages
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The Second Edition of The Handbook of Community Practice is expanded and updated with a major global focus and serves as a comprehensive guidebook of community practice grounded in social justice and human rights. It utilizes community and practice theories and encompasses community development, organizing, planning, social change, policy practice, program development, service coordination, organizational cultural competency, and community-based research in relation to global poverty and community empowerment. This is also the first community practice text to provide combined and in-depth treatment of globalization and international development practice issues—including impacts on communities in the United States and on international development work. The Handbook is grounded in participatory and empowerment practices, including social change, social and economic development, feminist practice, community-collaborative, and engagement in diverse communities. It utilizes the social development perspective and employs analyses of persistent poverty, asset development, policy practice, and community research approaches as well as providing strategies for advocacy and social and legislative action.
The handbook consists of forty chapters which challenge readers to examine and assess practice, theory, and research methods. As it expands on models and approaches, delineates emerging issues, and connects policy and practice, the book provides vision and strategies for local to global community practice in the coming decades.
The handbook will continue to stand as the central text and reference for comprehensive community practice, and will be useful for years to come as it emphasizes direction for positive change, new developments in community approaches, and focuses attention on globalization, human rights, and social justice. It will continue to be used as a core text for multiple courses within programs, will have long term application for students of community practice, and will provide practitioners with new grounding for development, planning, organizing, and empowerment and social change work.
ISBN: 9781412987851
ISBN-10: 1412987857
Published: 29th August 2012
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 968
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 25.4 x 20.32 x 4.85
Weight (kg): 1.88
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