Analysing Community Work: Theory and Practice
ISBN-13:
9780335245116
Veröffentl:
2015
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.04.2015
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Keith Popple
Gewicht:
308 g
Format:
228x154x11 mm
Serie:
UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Community work is a unique and important activity that has the potential to help individuals, groups and communities achieve change. This brand new update of an established and acclaimed text explores and analyses different theoretical approaches to community work. Written in a highly accessible style, this book is grounded in practice issues and tackles political and theoretical issues head-on.
This is a key text in community work, discussing international thinkers and arguing for more critical analysis of community work.
Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: What is Community? Chapter 3: British Community Work: early advances to the mid-1970s Chapter 4: British Community Work: the 1970s to the present day Chapter 5: Community Work Theories Chapter 6: Community Work Theories for the 21st century Chapter 7: Community Work Models Chapter 8: Community Work in Practice Chapter 9: Community Work Internationally Chapter 10: Conclusions and Future Directions