ABSTRACT

Concentrating on three main themes - environmental complexity, community as the target of intervention, and commitment to social justice - Community Theory and Practice updates and expands the current boundaries of thinking about community organization. This book is an important resource for social work students, educators, and practitioners, as well as those who work in the areas of sociology, urban studies, community organization and development, and criminology, and other areas of social study and policy.

chapter 1|15 pages

Community Construction and Social Change

In Search of a Working Definition

chapter 2|21 pages

Dimensions of Communalism

A Structural Framework

chapter 4|30 pages

Focusing on Community as the Unit of Analysis

Varieties of Research

chapter 5|23 pages

The Growing Impact of Environment

Community as Dependent Variable

chapter 6|22 pages

Knowledge from Praxis