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Genre/Form: | Case studies History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Dave Beck; Rod Purcell |
ISBN: | 9781847429766 1847429769 9781847429773 1847429777 9781847429780 1847429785 |
OCLC Number: | 810113702 |
Description: | xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 1, The roots of community organising -- 2. The 21st-century context of community organising -- 3. Community organising revisited: the Industrial Areas Foundation model -- 4. Industrial Areas Foundation in the UK and Australia -- 5. The ACORN alternative -- 6. Slum Dwellers International and case studies -- 7. New models of community organising -- 8. Comparing and contrasting current community organising models -- 9. What community organising does and doesn't achieve -- 10. Counter-hegemony, critical thinking and community organising. |
Responsibility: | Dave Beck and Rod Purcell. |
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"As a long time community organizer working internationally with ACORN International, we have been waiting eagerly for Beck and Purcell's book. Community organizations are gaining important and potentially powerful footholds all over the globe, and Beck and Purcell's book is going to be at the front of every organizer's shelf in trying to understand this phenomena, avoid the easy mistakes, and face the critical challenges. Thanks in advance!" Wade Rathke, Chief Organizer & Founder, ACORN International "Community organising has come centre stage, promoted from varying perspectives - governments seeking to manage and social movements, including trade union organisations, seeking to challenge manifestations of social inequality and social injustice. This book will be particularly valuable in this context, stimulating reflection on differing experiences of community organising internationally." Professor Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths University of London "This is an impressive and much needed analysis of community organising internationally. It is a timely reminder of an activity that can effectively challenge the politically and economically powerful organisations that oppress communities everywhere." Professor Keith Popple, London South Bank University. Read more...


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