Written by some of the most influential scholars in the field, this Handbook covers community development, organizing, planning, and social change, as well as key issues, fields of practice and global approaches.
Edited by:
Marie Weil,
Michael S. Reisch,
Mary L. Ohmer
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 203mm,
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 2.050kg
ISBN: 9781412987851
ISBN 10: 1412987857
Pages: 968
Publication Date: 29 August 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Introduction- Communities: Contexts and Challenges for the 21st Century - Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer, Michael Reisch History and Context for Community Practice - William Brueggeman Community Practice Challenges in the Global Economy - Michael Reisch Social Justice, Human Rights, Values, and Community Practice - Michael Reisch, Jim Ife, Marie Weil Theories of Community - Robert J. Chaskin Applying Practice Theories in Community Work - Marie Weil, Mary L. Ohmer Evolution, Models and the Changing Context of Community Practice - Marie Weil, Dorothy N. Gamble, Mary L. Ohmer Development Theories and Community Development Practice: Trajectory of Changes - Lakshmi Lingam Sustainable Community Development - Dorothy Gamble, Marie D. Hoff The Practice of Community Organizing: Comparing and Contrasting Conflict and Consensus Approaches - Mary L. Ohmer, Fred Brooks, III New Theory for New Constituencies: Contemporary Organizing in Communities of Color - Rinku Sen Social Planning with Communities: Theory & Practice - Marie Weil Larger Scale Social Planning; Planning for Services, Communities and Regions - Jon Simon Sager Participatory Methods in Community Practice - Dorothy N. Gamble Political, Social and Legislative Action - Jacqueline Mondros Radical Community Organizing - Michael Reisch Coalitions, Collaborations and Partnerships: Interorganizational Approaches to Social Change - Terry Mizrahi, Beth Rosenthal, Jan Ivery Eight Models of Policy Practice: Local, State, National, and International Arenas - Bruce Jansson, Gretchen Heidemann, Jacquelyn McCroskey, Ralph Fertig Cultural Competency: Organizations and Diverse Populations - Patricia St. Onge Principles, Skills, and Practice Strategies for Promoting Multicultural Communication and Collaboration - Lorraine Gutierrez, Edith Lewis, Adrienne Dessel, Mike Spencer Rural Community Practice: Organizing, Planning, and Development - Iris Carlton-LaNey, Yolanda Burwell, Craig White Renewing Social Work′s Commitment to Workplace Justice - Alice B. Gates, David Dobbie Community Economic and Social Development in a Changing World - David Feehan, Marvin D. Feit, Carol Becker Comprehensive Community Building at a Crossroads in Civil Society - Tracy Soska, Robert J. Fiekema Creating a Model Children′s Service System: Lessons from San Francisco - Margaret Brodkin Youth-Led Organizing, Community Engagement, and Opportunity Creation - Melvin Delgado, Lee Staples Restorative Justice and Youth Offending - Joan Pennell, Gabrielle Maxwell, Jessalyn Nash Global Change and Indicators of Social Development - Richard J. Estes Confronting Global Poverty: Building Economic Opportunity and Social Inclusion - Gina Agnes N. Chowa, Rainier De Vera Masa, Michael Sherraden, Marie Weil International Community Practice: Local-Global Issues and Strategies - Manohar Pawar Women and Leadership in Development, Planning, and Organizing - Monica Marie Alzate, Janki Andharia, Gina Agnes N. Chowa, Marie Weil, Alison Doernberg The Role of Human Service Nonprofits in Promoting Community Building - Mark Samples, Michael J. Austin Building Local Capacity for Rural Development: Experiences from World Neighbors - Scott A. Killough Developing Cultural Compentence and Youth- and Family- Driven Services in Systems of Care - Terry L. Cross, Barbara Friesen In Search of the System: Adult Mental Health - Jenneth Carpenter, Patrick Sullivan Program Planning and Implementation: Designing Responses to Address Community Needs - F. Ellen Netting, Mary Katherine O′Connor Fundraising and Community Practice: A Stakeholder Model - Armand Lauffer Community-Based Research: Rationale, Methods, Roles and Considerations for Community Practice - Mary L. Ohmer, Joanne L. Sobeck, Samantha N. Teixeria, John M. Wallace, Valerie B. Shapiro Community Practice in the Digital Age - Dick Schoech GIS Applications and Administrative Data to Support Community Change - Amy Hillier, Dennis Culhane
Marie Weil is Berg-Beach Professor of Community Practice and former Associate Dean at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Social Work, where she teaches community practice, policy practice and theory for social work intervention. She has led state-wide research and community-based planning and implementation initiatives in family support and family preservation and for adolescent family life programs, as well as consulting and conducting program evaluations for small nonprofits. Previously, she taught at the University of Southern California. She is the author or coauthor of thirteen books primarily focused on community practice; the author or coauthor of over thirty chapters related to community practice, feminist practice, and empowerment practice and service development for families and children; and more than 42 articles and monographs. She began her career working in community development in settlement houses in Philadelphia. She has served as Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity of Delaware and as Planning Director of the Wilmington Housing Authority. She is a founding member of the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA) and was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Community Practice, producing the first ten volumes. She is a recipient of ACOSA's Career Achievement Award. Michael Reisch is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Fulbright Scholar, he has held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Maryland, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, San Francisco State University and the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and been a visiting professor at universities in Europe, Asia, and Australia, . He has also directed national, state, and local policy advocacy organizations, political campaigns, social service agencies, and professional organizations. Reisch is the author, editor and co-editor of over 15 books and monographs and has written over 400 articles, book chapters, and conference papers. His work has been translated into ten languages. He is currently a SAGE advisor and series editor for Social Work in the New Century. Mary Ohmer has over twenty years of experience working in community organizing and development around the country with national and local nonprofit and community based organizations, foundations, and government. Dr. Ohmer has taught consensus organizing approaches as part of macro practice and community organizing social work courses. She received her Ph.D. in social work from the University of Pittsburgh in August 2004, and she is currently an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. Dr. Ohmer is also currently working with the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta to help them develop and implement an evaluation of the community training.
