Community organizing and development
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Community organizing and development
Allyn and Bacon, 2001
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-436) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the long-awaited revision of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing.
The text provides a comprehensive introduction to the wide variety of approaches that guide social change, social activism, and community building work. Community Organizing and Development links various theories of organizing to the techniques and tactics of practice. It is vividly illustrated by dozens of real-life practice examples. It balances descriptions of protest actions and visible projects with the behind-the-scenes routines that make such work possible. The text describes and illustrates the skills and organizational techniques needed to undertake successful community projects, such as converting a former crack house into safe, clean, affordable housing.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Third Edition.
I. ORGANIZING FOR EMPOWERMENT.
1.Organizing for Collective Empowerment.
II.RESOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS THROUGH ORGANIZING.
2.Understanding and Combating Social Problems.
3.A Thumbnail Sketch of the History of Community Organizing.
III. EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
4.Creating Empowerment for Collective Action.
5.Understanding Community.
IV.MOBILIZING AND SUSTAINING COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.
6.Organizers: What They Do and How They Learn to Do It.
7.Mobilizing for Collective Action.
8.Gaining Power through Community Research.
9.Building Capacity in an Empowered Organization.
10.Developing Capacity through Participatory Meetings.
V. THE SOCIAL ACTION MODEL.
11.An Overview of Action Campaigns.
12.Influencing the Political System.
13.Confrontational Approaches: Direct Action and Litigation.
14.Extending Power through Coalitions, Publicity, and Skillful Negotiations.
VI.THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION MODEL.
15.The Social Production Model.
16.Accomplishing the Social Production Project.
17.The Support Sector.
Epilogue: Toward an Empowering Future.
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