International Community Organising : : Taking Power, Making Change / / Dave Beck, Rod Purcell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Beck, Dave,; Purcell, Rod,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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 both wider theoretical frameworks and their ability to contribute to sustainable social change. It will be useful for a wide range of practitioners, students and researchers engaged in the struggle to develop new ways of doing community.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables, figures and boxes -- About the authors -- Introduction -- The roots of community organising -- The 21st-century context of community organising -- Community organising revisited: the Industrial Areas Foundation model -- Industrial Areas Foundation in the UK and Australia -- The ACORN alternative -- Slum Dwellers International and case studies -- New models of community organising -- Comparing and contrasting current community organising models -- What community organising does and doesn’t achieve -- Counter-hegemony, critical thinking and community organising -- Endnote -- References -- Index