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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Donna Hardina |
| ISBN: | 0231121806 9780231121804 |
| OCLC Number: | 48620293 |
| Description: | xii, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction to Community Organization Skills -- Concepts and Theories for Practice -- Values and Ethics -- Theoretical Frameworks for Practice -- Practice Models: Linking Theory with Action -- Defining Community -- Problem Identification and Assessment -- Needs Assessment -- Power Analysis -- Legislative Analysis -- Politics: Analyzing Processes and Outcomes -- Goal Setting and Implementation -- Intervention Planning: Using Strategies and Tactics -- Planning Programs and Services -- Resource Development and Grant Writing -- Fiscal Analysis -- Evaluation -- Outcome and Process Evaluation -- Technological Approaches and Techniques: The Implications of the Internet for Community Organization Practice. |
| Responsibility: | Donna Hardina. |
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Hardina does a good job of covering the waterfront of community practice without becoming so brief as to be superficial. -- Catherine Alter, Dean and professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver Social Work Today A book that moves beyond theories and models to examine the essential analytical and technical skills for effective community practice...This is a book that everyone interested in community practice would find useful and ejoy reading. CASW Bulletin Analytical Skills for Community Organization Practice is a valuable addition to the macro practice literature... a valuable and easy to use reference tool... This text is a must read for all students of community practice. -- Raymie H. Wayne Social Work with Groups Broad and up to date... It is successful in providing the reader with a grasp of 'the whole.' -- Lennart Nygren European Journal of Social Work 3/1/2006 The book makes a useful start towards filling the analytical skills gap in the macro practice literature. -- Megan Meyer Journal of Community Practice Vol. 13, No. 3 2006 Read more...
