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As The Arab Spring Continues To Work Through Changes, The Occupy Movement Is Agitating For Change And Many Are Looking For Alternatives In The Face Of Global Financial And Political Challenges, Community Organising Offers A Realistic Way Forward For Many Communities: A Tried And Tested Way Of Improving People's Lives. This Book Is The First To Explore The Diverse History Of Community Organising, Telling Stories Of How It Developed, Its Successes And Failures, And The Lessons That Can Be Applied Today. It Analyses Contemporary Examples Of Practice From The Usa, Uk, India, South Africa, Cambodia And Australia Against Both Wider Theoretical Frameworks And Their Ability To Contribute To Sustainable Social Change. It Will Be Useful For A Wide Range Of Practitioners, Students And Researchers Engaged In The Struggle To Develop New Ways Of Doing Community.--publisher's Website. Section 1: Context: Urban Development, Growth Of Slums And Marginalised Communities, Climate Change And Sustainability ; Wellbeing And Quality Of Life. -- Section 2: Theory: Saul Alinsky And The Early Years Of Community Organising. Gramsci, Freire And Community Organising ; Power And Organisation Building. -- Sectio

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Author

Beck, Dave, Purcell, Rod

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847429780

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Sociology