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Community-Based Interventions - Philosophy and Action (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Community-Based Interventions - Philosophy and Action (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
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For decades, community-centered social services have been promoted
as an admirable ideal. Yet the concept of decentralized services
delivered where people live has proved to be an elusive ideal as
well, with the promise of empowerment often giving way to
disinterest and apathy. Community-Based Interventions examines the
reasons community programs tend to founder and proposes a realistic
framework for sustained success. The book's theoretical,
philosophical and political foundations begin with the importance
of context, as in local knowledge and community self-definition and
engagement. Innovative, often startling, approaches to planning,
design and implementation begin with the recognition that
communities are not "targets" or "locations" to be "fixed," but
social realities whose issues require concrete answers. The variety
of examples described in these chapters demonstrate the power of
community interventions in providing effective services, reducing
inequities and giving individuals greater control over their
health, their environment and in the long run, their lives.
Included in the coverage: Redefining community: the social
dimensions. A new epidemiology to inform community work. The role
of research in designing community interventions. The conceptual
flow of a community-based project. Building autonomy through
leadership from below. Relating social interventions to social
justice. Attuned to the current era of health and mental health
reform, Community-Based Interventions represents a major step
forward in its field and makes an inspiring text for social
workers, clinical social workers, public health administrators and
community activists.
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