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Managing Community Practice: Principles, Policies and Programmes
Sarah Banks
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Description for Managing Community Practice: Principles, Policies and Programmes
Paperback. The bestselling first edition of this book discussed the meaning, principles and application of managing community practice, focusing on the role and skills needed by managers. In this new edition all chapters have been fully updated in the light of recent developments and new case examples have been included to illustrate such changes. Editor(s): Banks, Sarah; Butcher, Hugh L.; Orton, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSF; JKSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
Community involvement is now at the centre of the UK government's social inclusion, neighbourhood renewal and health development programmes, resulting in many challenges for managers involved in such work. The bestselling first edition of this book discussed the meaning, principles and application of managing community practice, focusing on the role and skills needed by managers. This will be required if ambitious regeneration and social inclusion programmes are to work in partnership with the active involvement of communities and exploring a wide range of examples from practice. Since the first edition, there has been a perceptible increase in the structured ... Read more
Community involvement is now at the centre of the UK government's social inclusion, neighbourhood renewal and health development programmes, resulting in many challenges for managers involved in such work. The bestselling first edition of this book discussed the meaning, principles and application of managing community practice, focusing on the role and skills needed by managers. This will be required if ambitious regeneration and social inclusion programmes are to work in partnership with the active involvement of communities and exploring a wide range of examples from practice. Since the first edition, there has been a perceptible increase in the structured ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447301240
SKU
V9781447301240
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99-50
About Sarah Banks
Sarah Banks is Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences and Co-director of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action at Durham University, UK. Hugh Butcher, formerly Head of Department of Community Studies at Bradford College UK, combines his research interests in community practice with the promotion of patient and public involvement in cancer health services. Andrew ... Read more
Reviews for Managing Community Practice: Principles, Policies and Programmes
"This fine volume is further confirmation of the growing importance of 'neighbourhood' in delivering public services. The book is for managers and practitioners and helps understand 'going local' and how it will help reshape organisations as they redirect their energies toward providing neighbourhood-based services." Community Care, about the first edition "This well-written, highly recommendable text provides readers with much that ... Read more