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The Short Guide to Community Development 2nd Edition by Alison Gilchrist, Marilyn Taylor ISBN 9781447327844 1447327845

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Author(s): Alison Gilchrist Marilyn Taylor

Edition: 2

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Year: 2016

Language: english

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ISBN 10: 1447327845
ISBN 13: 9781447327844
Author: Alison Gilchrist, Marilyn Taylor

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities. It includes: • a broad overview of core themes, concepts, basic practices and key issues in community development; • an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on community life and well-being, along with the implications for longer-term community support;  • additional brand new content on the pressing issues of democratic decline, social fragmentation and isolation, social care pressures, technological developments and climate change.

The Short Guide to Community Development 2nd Edition Table of contents:

1: Introduction

Further reading

2: What is community development?

Underpinning principles and processes

Providing help, building on resources

Community development’s core values

Equality

Empowerment

Co-operation

Learning together

An integrated approach

Related models

(A) Fundamentally transforming the way society operates – radical models

(B) Rebalancing the system to be fairer and more democratic – pluralist models

Light touch approaches

Community practice

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

Notes

3: The changing policy context

How community policies have developed

Origins and early applications

The renaissance of community

Recent developments

International developments

Constant themes in community policy

Welfare and public service reform

Democratic renewal and localism

Restoring community

Regenerating places and economies

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

4: Theoretical concepts

What theory offers

Theories of community

Psychological concepts and theories

Group dynamics, experiential learning and motivation

Understanding motivation and efficacy

Theories of the state and the process of government

Marxist theories

Pluralist theories

Governance theories

Theories of power: structure or agency?

How power works

Levels and dimensions of power

Organisations and institutions: how agency is organised

Systems and ecological approaches

Social movement theory

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

5: Effective and ethical community development: what’s needed?

Working with people in groups

Dealing with difficulties

Working with organisations

Networking and engagement

Getting to know the community

Resources and support

Supporting opportunities to learn

Working with volunteers and activists

Communication and knowledge management

Using and influencing policies

Competencies and core values

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

6: Applying community development in different service areas

Environmental action and sustainable development

Context

What can community development offer?

Challenges

Economic responses to poverty and social exclusion

Context

What can community development offer?

Challenges

Health and wellbeing

Context

What can community development offer?

Challenges

Community crafts, arts and culture

Context

What can community development offer?

Challenges

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

7: Challenges for practice

Developing a strategic approach

Orientation

Status and recognition

Role boundaries

Community belonging: place and identity?

Equality and diversity

Leadership and representation issues

Accountability

Mainstreaming, targeted or specialist work?

Demonstrating impact: measuring the social return

Professional standards and ethics

Brief conclusion

Summary

Further reading

8: Future prospects

Developments since 2011

Neoliberal globalisation

The shrinking state: preserving the public sphere

Redefining community: migration and its significance for place

The digital age

A new politics?

Climate change and sustainable development

Bringing it all together

Summary

Further reading

References

Appendix: Resources

The main community development organisations in the UK

International community development organisations

Opportunities for further study and training

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