Social work and community development /
By: Forde, Catherine [author.].
Contributor(s): Lynch, Deborah [author.].
Series: Reshaping social work.Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Description: xi, 188 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781137308382; 9781137308382:; 1137308389.Subject(s): Social service | Social service -- Case studies | Community development | Community development -- Case studies | Social service -- Citizen participation | Social service -- Citizen participation -- Case studiesDDC classification: 361.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 361.3 FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0089652 |
Includes bibliographic references (p.152-176) and index.
Social work and community development : an introduction -- Ideology, policy and community -- Beyond dominat discourses : challenges and opportunities -- Directions in social work theory -- Making connections in principle and practice -- Creative activism in social work practice -- Scaffolding critical practice in the community development context -- Conclusion : new opportunities for social work engagement with critical community development approaches.
At a time of growing social, economic and environmental challenge, this book offers a fresh and engaging perspective on the connections between social work and community development and on how social workers can use a community development approach to practice in critical, creative and sustainable ways.