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Developing communities / Susan Kenny and Tammy Hand.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: South Melbourne, Victoria Australia : Cengage Learning Australia, 2022Edition: 6th editionDescription: xxi, 446 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780170452755
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 307.140994 K399d
LOC classification:
  • HN49.C6 .K46 2022
Contents:
Part 1. Background and basics -- The nature of community development -- Local and global contexts -- Theoretical perspectives and concepts -- Community development and the state -- Part 2. Practical foundations -- Processes and practices -- Community organizations -- Activities and practices -- Working for solidarity - collective action across difference -- Funding, research and evaluation -- Part 3. Key issues in community development today -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Challenges and opportunities for the future.
Summary: "Community development is a living field of theory and practice. The enduring features of community development include the commitment to human rights; the empowerment of ordinary people, and especially those who are disadvantaged and oppressed: and support for communities to exert greater control over decisions that affect their lives." -- Worldcat
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Includes index.

Part 1. Background and basics -- The nature of community development -- Local and global contexts -- Theoretical perspectives and concepts -- Community development and the state -- Part 2. Practical foundations -- Processes and practices -- Community organizations -- Activities and practices -- Working for solidarity - collective action across difference -- Funding, research and evaluation -- Part 3. Key issues in community development today -- Difficulties and dilemmas -- Challenges and opportunities for the future.

"Community development is a living field of theory and practice. The enduring features of community development include the commitment to human rights; the empowerment of ordinary people, and especially those who are disadvantaged and oppressed: and support for communities to exert greater control over decisions that affect their lives." -- Worldcat

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