The Short Guide to Community Development

Name: The Short Guide to Community Development
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781447360728
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By Marilyn Taylor and Alison Gilchrist

Series: Short Guides

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The Short Guide to Community Development is the only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide providing an invaluable and authoritative introduction to community development. The third edition is fully refreshed to include significant changes in policy, practice, economics, and culture. It equips readers with a thorough understanding of both the history and theory of community development, alongside practical guidance on how to enact it. Key themes include core concepts, basic practices, and analysis of contemporary issues such as the impact of COVID-19, democratic decline, social fragmentation, technological advances, social care challenges, and climate change.
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This book is essential reading for students and practitioners involved in community work and development, especially those seeking a current, clear, and practical guide reflecting recent societal changes and challenges.

The third edition of this long-established guide offers an invaluable, authoritative and concise introduction to community development. 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.

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The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition of The Short Guide to Community Development 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.

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By Marilyn Taylor and Alison Gilchrist

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Praised for its accessible language and practical examples, The Short Guide to Community Development has been recommended as an essential resource for students and practitioners. Mae Shaw from the University of Edinburgh highlights its straightforward observations and nuanced approach to complex politics and practice. Sharon Mallon from Staffordshire University values it for classroom use and clarity, while Sarah Banks from Durham University commends its informative and well-written content.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781447360728

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Policy Press

Edition: Third Edition

Illustration: 3 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 218

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About the Author

Marilyn Taylor has extensive experience of research and practice in the community development field. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Voluntary Action Research in the UK and Emeritus Professor, University of the West of England.

Alison Gilchrist has worked for over three decades in community development: as an activist, practitioner, trainer, researcher and manager, including several years at the Community Development Foundation. She now works as an independent consultant.

The Short Guide to Community Development