Community Development in Action: Putting Freire into Practice

ISBN-13: 9781847428752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 208 str.

Margaret Ledwith

Opis

In a world in which social divisions are widening, not lessening, it is essential for proponents of community developmentor of any other practice committed to social justice and sustainabilityto understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. Written with busy practitioners in mind, this exciting and practical book is filled to the brim with useful, practice-oriented ideas for reclaiming community development s critical potential for social change. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, it presents theories in interesting and straightforward ways and will be an everyday reference for giving community development a critical edge."

Spis treści

Introduction; Principles of community development; Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy; Kickstarting Freire in everyday practice; Power: disempowerment and empowerment; Paulo Freire and anti-racist feminism; Poverty: ‘a crime against humanity’; Power and political times; Emancipatory action research as a critical living praxis; Staying critical: organising collectively.