The handbook of community practice
By: edited by Marie Weil, Michael S. Reisch, Mary L. Ohmer
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412987851
Subjects: Community development; Community-based social services,; Community psychology; Community organization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The context of community practice; title: Introduction: communities : contexts and challenges for the 21st century / Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer, Michael Reisch; title: History and context for community practice / William Brueggemann; title: Community practice challenges in the global economy / Michael Reisch; title: Social justice, human rights, values, and community practice / Michael Reisch, Marie Weil; title: Theories of community / Robert J. Chaskin; title: Applying practice theories in community work / Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer; title: Major approaches to community practice : development, organizing, social planning and social change; title: Evolution, models and the changing context of community practice / Marie Weil, Dorothy N. Gamble, Mary L. Ohmer; title: Development theories and community development practice : trajectory of changes / Lakshmi Lingam; title: Sustainable community development / Dorothy Gamble, Marie D. Hoff; title: Organizing; title: The practice of community organizing : comparing and contrasting conflict and consensus approaches / Mary L. Ohmer, Fred Brooks; title: New theory for new constituencies : contemporary organizing in communities of color / Rinku Sen; title: Planning; title: Social planning with communities : theory & practice / Marie Weil; title: Larger scale social planning : planning for services, communities and regions / Jon Simon Sager, Marie Weil; title: Progressive social change: people, systems, and societies; title: Participatory methods in community practice / Dorothy N. Gamble; title: Political, social and legislative action / Jacqueline Mondros; title: Radical community organizing / Michael Reisch; title: Coalitions, collaborations and partnerships : interorganizational approaches to social change / Terry Mizrahi, Beth Rosenthal, Jan Ivery; title: Eight models of policy practice : local, state, national, and international arenas / Bruce Jansson, Gretchen Heidemann, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Ralph Fertig; title: Issues, areas & fields of community practice; title: Issues & areas; title: Cultural competency: organizations and diverse populations / Patricia St. Onge; title: Principles, skills, and practice strategies for promoting multicultural communication and collaboration / Lorraine Gutierrez, Edith Lewis, Adrienne Dessel, Mike Spencer; title: Fields of practice and populations; title: Rural community practice: organizing, planning, and development / Iris Carlton-LaNey, Professor, Yolanda Burwell, Craig White, Co-Director; title: Renewing social work's commitment to workplace justice / Alice B. Gates, David Dobbie; title: Community economic and social development in a changing world / David Feehan, Marvin D. Feit, Carol Becker; title: Comprehensive community building at a crossroads in civil society / Tracy Soska, University of Pittsburgh, Robert J. Fiekema; title: Creating a model children's service system : lessons from san francisco.