The history, themes and issuesCraig, Gary.creatorMayo, Marjorie.Popple, Keith.textbibliographyElectronic books.History.enk2011monographiceng1 online resource (viii, 352 pages)This unique Reader traces the changing fortunes of community development through a selection of readings from key writers.The community development reader; Contents; Sources of extracts; Acknowledgments; Section I; Introduction: community development in the United Kingdom; Section 2: In and against the state: 1950s to the late 1970s; Introduction; 2.1: The non-directive approach in group and community work; The directive approach: planning and providing FOR people; The non-directive approach; Conditions necessary for self-directed action; The worker's role in groups; The worker's role with individuals; The potential advantages of the non-directive approach; Its limitations; Factors affecting choice.2.2: Working with community groups: using community development as a method of social workForms of leadership; Stages of group development; The worker; The agency; 2.3: Rules for radicals: a pragmatic primer for realistic radicals; Prologue; The process of power; 2.4: Community as fact and value; Community as a value in the sociological tradition; Community and the whole man; Community and social divisions; Community and the loss of political involvement; Community: the British tradition; Freedom, individualisation and the loss of community; 2.5: Community development: a radical alternative?Where has the notion of community development sprung from?Community development as applied in contemporary United States and British urban situations; 2.6: Community participation: past and future; Changing people; Changing institutions; Criticisms of participation; Planning and accountability; Democracy; Authenticity; The future of participation; 2.7: Gilding the ghetto: the state and the poverty experiments; 2.8: In and against the state; Anger, resistance and the making of socialism; Holding to what we have learned; Section 3: In and against the market: mid- to late 1970s to early 1990s.Introduction3.1: Community action over local planning issues; Introduction; Conflict over office development policies; Conclusion; 3.2: The boundaries of change in community work; Community work in the interjacence; The community group; 3.3: Change and conflict: a defence of local community action; The social planning approach to community work; A defence of local community action; The radical left approach; Social control and the welfare establishment; Conclusion; 3.4: Racism: the response of community work; Prejudice; Racism; Discrimination.3.5: The difference between education and organizing3.6: The politics of participation; The marginalisation of participation; Participation and power; Resolving the paradox of participation; Conclusion; 3.7: Equality and difference -- what's in a concept?; Introduction to the debate; Conceptual and theoretical issues; New theorising -- implications for practice; Community practice -- difference and equality; Crossing boundaries; Conclusion; 3.8: Women in the community: feminist principles and organising in community work; Feminist principles of organising.edited by Gary Craig [and others].The relevance of feminist principles of traditional community work.Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-337) and index.e-uk---Community developmentGreat BritainHistory20th centurySocial changeGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyCity Planning & Urban DevelopmentSOCIAL SCIENCESocial WorkCommunity developmentSocial changeGreat Britain 1900-1999 fast HN400.C6 C635 2011307.140941Craig, Gary.Bristol : The Policy Press, �2011978184742717518474271709781447308881144730888322573/ctt1t6ztrc JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=420385http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=420385EBLCP12011620210825161910.0ocn772844905eng