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International Community Organising
Dave Beck
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Description for International Community Organising
Paperback.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847429766
SKU
V9781847429766
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Ref
99-50
About Dave Beck
Dave Beck manages the post graduate programmes in Community Development at the University of Glasgow. With more than 20 years of Community Development experience, his research interests are rooted in participatory approaches to thinking about and doing empowering practice for social change. Rod Purcell is Director of Community Engagement at the University of Glasgow; previously he was a community ... Read more
Reviews for International Community Organising
"As a long time community organizer working internationally with ACORN International, we have been waiting eagerly for Beck and Purcell's book. Community organizations are gaining important and potentially powerful footholds all over the globe, and Beck and Purcell's book is going to be at the front of every organizer's shelf in trying to understand this phenomena, avoid the easy ... Read more