Promoting Community Change : Making it Happen in the Real World / Mark S. Homan.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston, MA ; Australia ; Brazil ; Mexico ; Singapore ; United Kingdom : Cengage Learning, [2016]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxviii, 593 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1305101944 (student edition); 9781305101944 (student edition)Subject(s): Community development -- United States | Community organization -- United States | Community development | Community organization | Samhällsförändring | Social förändring | Samhällsutveckling | United States | Förenta staternaDDC classification: 307.1/4 LOC classification: HN49.C6 | H643 2016Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-583) and index.
Part I. Responding to the need for community change. 1. Understanding the challenge to change -- 2. Theoretical frameworks for community change -- 3. Relating community change to professional practice -- 4. Putting yourself in the picture -- Part II. Putting the pieces together. 5. Knowing your community -- 6. People : the most valuable resource -- 7. Power -- 8. Powerful planning -- 9. Raising other resources -- 10. Getting the word out -- 11. Building the organized effort -- 12. Taking action : strategies and tactics -- Part III. A closer look at typical change contexts -- 13. Enhancing the quality of neighborhoods -- 14. Increasing the effectiveness of health and human services organizations -- 15. Lobbying for change.
"PROMOTING COMMUNITY CHANGE, 6th Edition addresses the real-world issues facing professionals in social work, human services, and community health--and gives readers the skills and information they need to be effective agents of change at the community level. By emphasizing the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems commonly experienced by individuals and families, the author gives readers the tools they need to improve the lives of individual clients as well as entire communities."--Publisher description.
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