Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning

ISBN-13: 9781137544896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 278 str.

Alan Twelvetrees

Opis

Drawing on years of professional experience as well as the advice of an extensive network of colleagues, Alan Twelvetrees explains both the theory and practice of community work in a highly readable and honest way. This updated edition of a bestseller includes new pedagogy and updated examples.

Spis treści

What is Community Work? Planning for Effective Community Work Helping Set up and Run Community Groups Dealing with Practical issues in Community Groups Community Work in Specialist Fields Social Planning Approaches to Community Work Advanced Practice Community Work, Social Change and Broad Based Organising Community Work and Public Policy Survival, Personal Development and Reflective Practice Conclusions.

O autorze

ALAN TWELVETREES has been a community worker, a community work lecturer, a manager of community workers, and a children and young people strategy manger. He has published widely in the fields of community work, community organizations and community economic development.

Blurb

Now going into its fifth edition, Alan Twelvetrees' invaluable guide to the theory and practice of community work has been educating students and practitioners alike for over three decades. Covering topics such as work with community groups, the various dimensions of social action and project planning and how to engage effectively with public bodies, this is a truly comprehensive must-read for community workers, as well as anyone keen to undertake effective work in the community. Drawing on the author's wealth of experience, and benefitting from the grounded style of writing that has made the previous editions so popular, the book considers everyday community work situations to provide readers with a genuine feel for the realities of practice. Fully revised and updated, this edition features: brand-new material on community work through the lenses of information technology and climate change in-depth discussion of specialist community work, focusing on areas such as disability, children and young people, women and ethnic minorities guidance on how to work with community division, violence, and other difficult situations detailed advice on partnership working and effective management within large bureaucracies. This classic text is essential for anyone studying, working or just interested in community work, community regeneration and service planning.material on community work through the lenses of information technology and climate change

          in-depth discussion of specialist community work, focusing on areas such as disability, children and young people, women and ethnic minorities

          guidance on how to work with community division, violence, and other difficult situations

           detailed advice on partnership working and effective management within large bureaucracies.

This classic text is essential for anyone studying, working or just interested in community work, community regeneration and service planning.