Politics, Power and Community Development (Rethinking Community Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447317378 ISBN 13: 9781447317371

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

Politics, Power and Community Development, the first book in a new series, Rethinking Community Development, offers unprecedented critical reflections on policy and practice relating to community development in the United States, Taiwan, Australia, India, South Africa, Germany, Ecuador, Peru, and other nations. Addressing the global dominance of neoliberalism, the contributors consider the extent to which practitioners, activists, and policy makers can challenge, critique, or resist its influence.

About this title

About the Author:

Rosie Meade is a lecturer in social policy at University College Cork in Ireland. Mae Shaw is a senior lecturer in community education at the University of Edinburgh. Sarah Banks is codirector of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action and professor in the School of the Applied Social Sciences at Durham University.

Review:

“Bringing an appropriately political focus to bear on the discussion around community development, this interesting and stimulating collection provides an inclusively international and critical overview of the complex and constant interplay between the processes of community development, politics, and power.” (Fred Powell, University College Cork)

“I encourage community developers and academics alike to read this work. It provides the reader with an interesting and in-depth discourse on how to think about the topic and gives solid examples of how various countries are thinking about community organizing and implementing community development projects.” (Journal of Social Work Value and Ethics)

“Full of analytical power and hopeful stories of how community development can support political change.” (Community Development)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447317378
• ISBN 13: 9781447317371
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Meade Rosie, Shaw Mae, Banks Sarah