Politics, power and community development (Rethinking Community Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447317378 ISBN 13: 9781447317371

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

An exploration of how contemporary politics, and the power relations it reflects and projects, is shaping the field of community development today. The book presents unique and critical reflections on policy and practice in Taiwan, Australia, India, South Africa, Burundi, Germany, the USA, Ireland, Malawi, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazonia and the UK. It addresses the global dominance of neoliberalism, and the extent to which practitioners, activists and programmes can challenge, critique, engage with or resist its influence.

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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 the Author:

Rosie Meade is a lecturer in Social Policy at University College Cork in Ireland. She has a long-standing activist and academic interest in community development, social movements and community arts, and has published widely on related themes. Mae Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Community Education at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. With a background in practice, she has a long established interest in the politics of community development and has published widely in this field. Sarah Banks is Co-director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action and Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University, UK. She teaches and researches in the fields of professional ethics, community development and community-based participatory research.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447317378
• ISBN 13: 9781447317371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Meade Rosie