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The third edition of __Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfar__e provides new and more established ways to approach community building and organizing, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of coalition building, media advocacy, and social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. With a strong emphasis on cultural relevance and humility, this collection offers a wealth of case studies in areas ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform. A "tool kit" of appendixes includes guidelines for assessing coalition effectiveness, exercises for critical reflection on our own power and privilege, and training tools such as "policy bingo." From former organizer and now President Barack Obama to academics and professionals in the fields of public health, social work, urban planning, and community psychology, the book offers a comprehensive vision and on-the-ground examples of the many ways community building and organizing can help us address some of the most intractable health and social problems of our times. Dr. Minkler's course syllabus: Although Dr. Minkler has changed

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Author

Minkler, Meredith

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813553146

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Science, Sociology

Rating

3.94 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14