Social Work as Community Development
Subtitle: a Management Model for Social Change
By: Stephen Clarke
Edition: New edition 2.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781315190648
Subjects: Community development; Social service; Community organization; Social action; Service social; Organisation communautaire; Action sociale
Description: "This title was first published in 2000: The second edition of Social Work as Community Development is thoroughly revised and updated taking into account lessons from community development and international experiences applicable in developed economies. The application of system theory to the problems of managing change is the core theme. The book will be essential reading for the UK DipSW/MScEcon in Applied Social Studies and MScEcon in Community Care Studies as well as for students of community development and social work in the USA, Asia and Australia. It will also be useful for practitioners and policy-makers across social work, social welfare and social policy."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction; title: chapter 1 Social Work and the Development Process; title: chapter 2 Seeking Clarity through a Management Model; title: chapter 3 Development as Community Development; title: I; title: chapter 4 Development as Community Development; title: II; title: chapter 5 Social Planning and Development; title: I: Simple Organisations; title: chapter 6 Social Planning and Development; title: II: Complex Organisations; title: chapter 7 Social Action for Change; title: I: The Outsiders; title: chapter 8 Social Action for Change; title: II: The Insiders; title: chapter 9 Evaluation.