Rethinking community practice: Developing Transformative Neighbourhoods - Hardcover

Chanan, Gabriel; Miller, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447300106 ISBN 13: 9781447300106

Publisher: Policy Press, 2013

Synopsis

As local communities and public services reel under the impact of global economic turmoil, it is vital to find more creative ways for the services to work together with those who depend on them and who also, as citizens, ultimately govern them. Community practice is the name for that growing part of the relationship by which service providers and local residents collaborate flexibly and economically to meet needs, boost community strengths and service effectiveness, and link participative and representative democracy. Combining re-examination of theory with practical tools and approaches, Chanan and Miller provide a new framework for local involvement strategy, for policy-makers and practitioners alike. They show how this innovative but still amorphous movement can become more coherent, both on the ground and in public policy: reforming community development, building new kinds of neighbourhood partnership, measuring outcomes objectively, and combining the best innovations of the past three decades into a new synthesis. This is an important new perspective for all local public service agencies, all practitioners working in communities, and academics and students concerned with these fields.

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About the Author

Gabriel Chanan MBE is a researcher and strategist on community engagement and development. He has played a leading part in modernising community development, and embedding commitment to strengthening communities in public policy. Colin Miller is a researcher and consultant on community empowerment. He has extensive experience as a practitioner and manager and has played an important role in developing ideas in relation to CD theory, practice and management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447300106
• ISBN 13: 9781447300106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200