The Routledge Handbook of Community Development Research

ISBN-13: 9780367580834 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 296 str.

Lynda Shevellar; Peter Westoby

Opis

This book provides scholars, students and activists with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in community development. Each chapter develops a debate in relation to seven key themes, including, but not limited to, forced displacement, domestic violence, security and climate change.

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Wicked problems and community development – an introductory essay (Lynda Shevellar & Peter Westoby); Part I. Forced Displacement.; Chapter 2: Disruptive rights-based community development in protracted urban refugee contexts: the politics of legal recognition (Linda Bartolomei, Kristy Ward & Marcela Garrett); Chapter 3: ‘They’d just flown away’: reflections on shifting gender norms in the context of engagement with asylum seekers and refugees through community music; (Caroline Lenette, Brian Procopis & Paola Caballero); Chapter 4: Underestimating legacy: Lessons learned from mining-caused displacement and resettlement (Rebekah Ramsay & Laura Simpson Reeves); Part II. Family, Gender And Child Related Violence.; Chapter 5: Critical reflections on state-driven support for vulnerable children and orphans in South Africa (Lochner Marais, Carla Sharp, Motsaatbebe Serekoane, Donald Skinner, Jan Cloete, Kholisa Rani, Michelle Pappin & Molefi Lenka); Chapter 6: Community based strategies to combat child trafficking in Indonesia (Harriot Beazley); Chapter 7: Preventing violence against women: The development and evaluation of a CALD community family violence project (Deborah Western & Claire Varley); Part III. Indigenous Marginalisation; Chapter 8: Storying Unarmed Insurgencies: collective narrative methods for researching civil resistance (Jason MacLeod); Chapter 9: Singing on country and singing for country’: music in work with Australian Aboriginal communities (Dave Palmer); Chapter 10: Complicating Dynamics: Adapting the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework to a Remote Indigenous Context in Australia (Mark Moran, Laura Simpson Reeves & Alyson Wright); Chapter 11: Martu and Policy Makers: Energising an Experimentalist Approach (Ann Ingamells & Peter Johnson); Chapter 12: Enhancing Aboriginal Child Welfare Through Multi-Sector Community Collaboration (Judy Gillespie); Part IV. Food And Climate; Chapter 13: Stories of climate change and mobility from around the world: Institutional challenges and implications for community development (Sarah Henly-Shepard, Karen E McNamara and Robin Bronen); Chapter 14: Food Sovereignty and Community Economies: A Spanish case study (Rhyall Gordon); Chapter 15: Community Gardens for Social and Food Justice: The Case of Urban Agriculture in Australian Cities (Alec Thornton, Kristen Lyons & Scott Sharpe); Part V. Survival Development; Chapter 16: The place of schools in building community cohesion and resilience: Lessons from a disaster context (Carol Mutch); Chapter 17. From ‘Dilemmatic Space’ Towards Ecological Practice: Community Development in Disaster Recovery in Queensland, Australia (Peter Westoby & Lynda Shevellar); Chapter 18: Hurricanes, Oil, and Rising Water: The role and work of community development in coastal Louisiana in the intersection of disasters, recovery, and planning for the future (Holly Scheib); Conclusion; Chapter 19: What have we learned? A concluding essay on wicked problems, research and the contributions of community development (Peter Westoby I Lynda Shevellar); Index

O autorze

Lynda Shevellar is influenced by 25 years of experience and study in community development, the disability sector, education, and psychology. She has worked in government and the community sector and is currently a lecturer in Community Development, within the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland, Australia. Lynda's current research focuses upon supporting people with disabilities and mental health challenges to develop a deeper sense of community belonging.

Peter Westoby is an Associate Professor in Social Science and Community Development at Queensland University of Technology, Australia; a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Support, University of Free State, South Africa; and a Director with Community Praxis Cooperative. Peter has over 30 years of experience in practice in places such as South Africa, Uganda, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Australia. He teaches and researches on community development theory and practice, dialogue studies and forced migration studies. Peter is passionate about reading, good coffee, hanging out at his local AVID reader bookshop, bushwalking and travelling.