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02075aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 937A94C21DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 190428t20192019xnaa b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1760632317 020 $a 9781760632311 035 $a (OCoLC)1099205149 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDXIT $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d ATCDL $d SILO 050 4 $a HV40 $b .H69 2019 100 1 $a Howard, Amanda, $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Everyday community practice / $c Amanda Howard and Margot Rawsthorne. 264 1 $a Crows Nest NSW, Australia : $b Allen & Unwin, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 260 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "Principles and practice"--Cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Increasingly students and practitioners in human services are asked or seek to include community engagement, participation and capacity building in their work with groups. In this book expert authors Amanda Howard and Margot Rawsthorne provide guidance on the theory and practice of working with communities, from preliminary planning and scoping before direct work with the community begins, through to evaluation. They explore key issues including developing an understanding of community life, facilitating and supporting community action, understanding and acting on structural inequity, managing negotiation and conflict, and building productive networks. They draw extensively on their own work with communities and research to create a dialogue with the reader on the interaction of task and process in everyday community practice. Written in a friendly and accessible style and featuring the voices of community workers throughout, this is a vital guide for anyone seeking to encourage positive change in an important field of practice. 650 0 $a Human services. 650 0 $a Social service. 700 1 $a Rawsthorne, Margot, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103023023.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=937A94C21DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search