Community Analysis and Practice - Toward a Grounded Civil Society (Hardcover)

Concentrating on three main themes-environmental complexity, community as the target of intervention, and commitment to social justice, Community Analysis and Praxis updates and expands the current boundaries of thinking about community organization. Each theme is developed according to four sequential steps. First, evolving definitions and theories of community are examined as the author develops a multi-dimensional assessment model for communalism as a target of change. Next, crucial studies demonstrating the influence of community contexts on residents' behavior are reviewed, as is the impact of economic, political, and urban restructuring on such localities. Following this discussion, the author examines and evaluates community experiments and professional practice in the United States, while the last section argues for the need to recreate civil societies based on networks of marginalized communities, particularly in poor areas.
A potent and provocative exploration of community organization and intervention, Community Analysis and Praxis aims to encourage critical thought and provoke discussion by merging theory, praxis, and recommendations for social change. Josephina Figueira-McDonough expands the current conception of community intervention, and in doing so inspires novel ways of viewing and organizing communities for the future. This book is an important resource for social work students, educators, and practitioners, as well as those who work in the areas of sociology, urban studies, community organization and development, and criminology, and other areas of social study and policy.
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General

Imprint:	Brunner-Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2001
First published:	1977
Authors:	Josefina Figueira-McDonough
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-1-58391-019-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	1-58391-019-0
Barcode:	9781583910191

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