Community development : community-based alternatives in an age of globalisation
by
Tesoriero, Frank.
Title
:
Community development : community-based alternatives in an age of globalisation
Author
:
Tesoriero, Frank.
ISBN
:
9781442518865
Personal Author
:
Tesoriero, Frank.
Edition
:
Ed. 4.
Publication Information
:
Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Australia, 2010.
Physical Description
:
1 volume
General Note
:
Previous edition: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education, 2006.
Contents
:
1: The crisis in human services, the rise of individualism and the need for community -- 2: Foundations of community development: an ecological perspective -- 3: Foundations of community development: a social justice and human rights perspective -- 4: Ecology and social justice/human rights: a vision for community development -- 5: Change from below -- 6: Participation -- 7: The process of community development -- 8: The global and the local -- 9: Integrated community development -- 10: The application of principles to practice -- 11: Roles and skills -- 12: Practice issues: Struggles and journeys in community work.
Abstract
:
Presents important principles of community development and empowers students to understand the ways in which community development practitioners can work in different contexts. Author from Flinders University, South Australia.
Reading Level
:
For tertiary students.
Subject Term
:
Community development.
Community organization.
Social service -- Citizen participation.