Analysing Community Work: Theory and Practice - Keith Popple

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Résumé :
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.

New to the second edition:

• Analysis of the work of New Labour
• Consideration of Coalition government policies, for example, the 'Big Society' project and the impact of budget cuts
• A new international dimension throughout the text, and an important new chapter on international community work
• New definitions of 'community' explored to take into account a diverse population
• Increased emphasis on community work values, skills and challenges
• Updated pedagogy, including end of chapter summaries and reflective questions
• References the latest writings in the field

Popple's book was one of the key overviews of British community work when it first appeared in 1995. In the last few years, the need for a revised and updated version has been increasingly obvious and Popple has now obliged. The last twenty years have seen substantial changes in the political, economic and organisational context within which community work operates and Popple has fully reflected this whilst remaining clear about its basic tenets and goals. This is a highly welcome addition to contemporary community work literature.
Gary Craig, Professor of Community Development and Social Justice, Durham University, UK

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Biographie:
Keith Popple lectures, writes and researches extensively in the area of community work and is presently a Visiting Professor at London South Bank University, Bournemouth University, and University Fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Community Development Journal and was its Editor from 1998 to 2003....

Sommaire:
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

References
Appendices
Index...