The Well-Connected Community

A Networking Approach to Community Development

Alison Gilchrist (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

298 Seiten

2019 | 3rd New edition
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-4779-8 (ISBN)

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There is a growing recognition of the importance of networking for the vitality and cohesion of community life. Now in its third edition, and substantially updated, this textbook combines practical experience and theory for people working with and for communities.

There is a growing recognition of the importance of networking for the vitality and cohesion of community life. The Well-Connected Community provides theoretical insights and practical guidance for people working with and for communities. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent research, policy development and changes in practice and takes account of changing political and economic circumstances.

Alison Gilchrist is an independent consultant and research fellow at the University of Birmingham. She has worked for almost four decades in community development as an activist, practitioner, trainer, researcher, policy advisor and manager.

Preface to the third edition;
Community connections: value and meaning;
Community networks and policy dimensions;
Community development: principles and practice;
Working with communities: different approaches;
Networks: form and features;
Network functions;
Networking principles and practices;
Networking for community development;
Complexity and the well-connected community;
Developing the well-connected community;
Issues and implications;
Suggested further reading.

Erscheinungsdatum	19.09.2019
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-4473-4779-X / 144734779X
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-4779-8 / 9781447347798
Zustand	Neuware