| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Participation in Community Work; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part 1 Participation, ethics and co-construction of knowledge in community work; 2 The ethics of participation in community work practice; 3 Community knowledge and practices after the postmodern epistemic framework: towards a second modernity; 4 The co-construction of knowledge: reflection on experiences of developing an online international community work course |
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Part 2 Participatory learning and action research5 Participatory learning and action (PLA) techniques for community work; 6 Mobilizing community strengths and assets: participatory experiences of community members in a garden project; 7 Participatory learning of community work in an e-learning course; Part 3 Power and participation in community work; 8 Power and participation in community work research and practice; 9 How do we make room for all? The power of context in shaping action |
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10 Community work within the Norwegian welfare state: barriers and possibilities for work with particularly vulnerable groups11 Community work as part of neighbourhood renewal: a case study; 12 Partnership and participation: art in community work; Part 4 Addressing new global challenges; 13 (Re)imagining communities in the context of climate change: a saving grace or the evasion of state responsibilities during (hu)man-made disasters?; 14 Pacific heritage specific conceptual frameworks and family violence preventive training in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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15 Social action for community work in India: grassroots interventions to face global challenges16 Community work and the challenges of neoliberalism and new managerialism: resistance, the Occupy Movement and the Arab Spring; 17 Community development: towards an integrated emancipatory framework; Index |
| Summary |
Participation is a key community work method and this text, written by an international selection of authors, covers innovative approaches in community based education and practice. Including real-life case studies of participatory practice, it offers new definitions of community work, organisation and development and will challenge and inspire all those involved in community work practice and research |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Community development.
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Social service -- Citizen participation.
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Community development.
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Social service -- Citizen participation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sewpaul, Vishanthie
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Hole, Grete Oline
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| ISBN |
9781135122966 |
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1135122962 |
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