Community Development in the 21st Century: Empowerment for Breaking the Cycle of Poverty (e-book)
About this publication
This book builds on decades of practice-experience in education for community development. With a clear focus on professionalisation, Community development in the 21st century: Empowerment for breaking the cycle of poverty is a definitive guide for community development practitioners, professionals and students alike. In addition to context and process, the book details the skills required by a community development practitioner and explains the local government context of community development practice. Practical case studies, specifically relevant to the South African environment, illustrate important issues in community development. The book also provides an overview of the professionalisation process of community development in South Africa.
Content
Chapter 1 Poverty, ill-being and wellbeing
Chapter 2 The development environment
Chapter 3 Stakeholders in community development
Chapter 4 The origins of community development
Chapter 5 The features and outcomes of community development
Chapter 6 The principles of community development
Chapter 7 The community as main actor in community development
Chapter 8 The place and role of community development workers
Chapter 9 Participatory decision making and management
Chapter 10 Communication skills
Chapter 11 Leadership development and group facilitation
Chapter 12 Development Projects, Change and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 13 Mobilisation and motivation
Chapter 14 Operational writing
Chapter 15 Meetings
Chapter 16 Public speaking
Chapter 17 The Community Development Practitioner and Technology
Chapter 18 Contact making
Chapter 19 Participatory research methodology
Chapter 20 The start of a project
Chapter 21 Planning and implementation
Chapter 22 Monitoring, evaluation and control
Chapter 23 The training dialogue
Chapter 24 Planning and facilitating a training workshop
Chapter 25 Legislation and Policy Frameworks Associated with Community Development in SA
Chapter 26 Challenges of Community Development Practice at Government and Non-Government Levels: A Case Study from South Africa
Chapter 27 The Professionalisation of Community Development in South Africa
Interest / Benefit to
Students for development studies; community development; nursing; health sciences; social work; anthropology; management science & communication.
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