Marie Weil, Michael S. Reisch, Mary L. Ohmer

The Handbook of Community Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guidebook of community practice grounded in social justice and human rights. It Utilizes the social development perspective and employs analyses of persistent poverty, asset development, policy practice, and community research approaches as well as providing strategies for advocacy and social and legislative action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 968
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1724g
• ISBN-13: 9781412987851
• ISBN-10: 1412987857
• Artikelnr.: 35060449

Autorenporträt

Marie Weil is Berg-Beach professor of Community Practice and former associate dean at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Social Work, where she teaches Community Practice, Policy Practice, International Practice and Global Perspectives, and Program Development. She has led state-wide research as well as community-based planning and implementation initiatives in support of family programs, including family preservation and adolescent family life programs in California and North Carolina. In addition, Weil has extensiveexperience in consulting and program evaluation in nonprofit settings. Prior to her service at the University of North Carolina, she taught at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and has also served as Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity of Delaware and Planning Director of the Wilmington Housing Authority. Weil is a founding member of the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA) as well as the Founding Editor of the Journal of Community Practice--leading production of the first ten volumes. She is a recipient of ACOSA′s Career Achievement Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction- Communities: Contexts and Challenges for the 21st Century - Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer, Michael Reisch History and Context for Community Practice - William Brueggeman Community Practice Challenges in the Global Economy - Michael Reisch Social Justice, Human Rights, Values, and Community Practice - Michael Reisch, Jim Ife, Marie Weil Theories of Community - Robert J. Chaskin Applying Practice Theories in Community Work - Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer Evolution, Models and the Changing Context of Community Practice - Marie Weil, Dorothy N. Gamble, Mary L. Ohmer Development Theories and Community Development Practice: Trajectory of Changes - Lakshmi Lingam Sustainable Community Development - Dorothy Gamble, Marie D. Hoff The Practice of Community Organizing: Comparing and Contrasting Conflict and Consensus Approaches - Mary L. Ohmer, Fred Brooks, III New Theory for New Constituencies: Contemporary Organizing in Communities of Color - Rinku Sen Social Planning with Communities: Theory & Practice - Marie Weil Larger Scale Social Planning; Planning for Services, Communities and Regions - Jon Simon Sager Participatory Methods in Community Practice - Dorothy N. Gamble Political, Social and Legislative Action - Jacqueline Mondros Radical Community Organizing - Michael Reisch Coalitions, Collaborations and Partnerships: Interorganizational Approaches to Social Change - Terry Mizrahi, Beth Rosenthal, Jan Ivery Eight Models of Policy Practice: Local, State, National, and International Arenas - Bruce Jansson, Gretchen Heidemann, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Ralph Fertig Cultural Competency: Organizations and Diverse Populations - Patricia St. Onge Principles, Skills, and Practice Strategies for Promoting Multicultural Communication and Collaboration - Lorraine Gutierrez, Edith Lewis, Adrienne Dessel, Mike Spencer Rural Community Practice: Organizing, Planning, and Development - Iris Carlton-LaNey, Yolanda Burwell, Craig White Renewing Social Work
s Commitment to Workplace Justice - Alice B. Gates, David Dobbie Community Economic and Social Development in a Changing World - David Feehan, Marvin D. Feit, Carol Becker Comprehensive Community Building at a Crossroads in Civil Society - Tracy Soska, Robert J. Fiekema Creating a Model Children
s Service System: Lessons from San Francisco - Margaret Brodkin Youth-Led Organizing, Community Engagement, and Opportunity Creation - Melvin Delgado, Lee Staples Restorative Justice and Youth Offending - Joan Pennell, Gabrielle Maxwell, Jessalyn Nash Global Change and Indicators of Social Development - Richard J. Estes Confronting Global Poverty: Building Economic Opportunity and Social Inclusion - Gina Agnes N. Chowa, Rainier De Vera Masa, Michael Sherraden, Marie Weil International Community Practice: Local-Global Issues and Strategies - Manohar Pawar Women and Leadership in Development, Planning, and Organizing - Monica Marie Alzate, Janki Andharia, Gina Agnes N. Chowa, Marie Weil, Alison Doernberg The Role of Human Service Nonprofits in Promoting Community Building - Mark Samples, Michael J. Austin Building Local Capacity for Rural Development: Experiences from World Neighbors - Scott A. Killough Developing Cultural Compentence and Youth- and Family- Driven Services in Systems of Care - Terry L. Cross, Barbara Friesen In Search of the System: Adult Mental Health - Jenneth Carpenter, Patrick Sullivan Program Planning and Implementation: Designing Responses to Address Community Needs - F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O
Connor Fundraising and Community Practice: A Stakeholder Model - Armand Lauffer Community-Based Research: Rationale, Methods, Roles and Considerations for Community Practice - Mary L. Ohmer, Joanne L. Sobeck, Samantha N. Teixeria, John M. Wallace, Valerie B. Shapiro Community Practice in the Digital Age - Dick Schoech GIS Applications and Administrative Data to Support Community Change - Amy Hillier, Dennis Culhane