Community Development: Creating community alternatives - vision, analysis and practice

*The Crisis in Human Services and the Need for Community The crisis in the welfare state Community-based services as an alternative The missing ingredient: community development The next steps *Foundations of Community Work: An Ecological Perspective Environmental crisis Environmental responses and green responses Themes within green analysis An ecological perspective: is it enough? *Foundations of Community Work: A Social Justice Perspective Structural disadvantage Empowerment Need Rights Peace and non-violence Participatory democracy *Ecology and Social Justice: A Vision for Community Development Ecology and social justice Emerging concepts Community Development An alternative vision: grounds for hope *Autonomy, Decentralisation, and Community Control Ideological foundations Autonomy Decentralisation Discretion Self-reliance Participation Co-operation Urban, suburban, and rural issues Community-based human services Getting there *Community Development: Social, economic and Political Integrated community development Social development Economic development Political development *Community Development: Cultural, environmental and Personal/Spiritual Cultural development Environmental development Personal and spiritual development Balanced development *Principles of Community Development The application of principles to practice The 22 principles Making connections *Community Work Roles The language of roles Facilitative roles Educational roles Representational roles Technical roles Two special cases: needs assessment and evaluation *Community Work Skills The problem with cook books Competencies Practice, theory, reflection and praxis Developing skills Demystifying skills Core community work skills Skill sharing *Practice Issues Practice frameworks Organisational context Values and ethics Professionalism Education and training The use and abuse of power Internal and external community work Long-term commitment Support Passion, vision, and hope