Community Organizing: Theory and Practice 1st Edition - Ebook TR

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Explores how helping professionals effectively work in the community. This title is also available as a more affordable e-book with embedded media to illustrate key concepts. Community Organization: Theory and Practice provides readers with the theories, tools and strategies needed to organize effective, participatory change efforts in communities. Readers will learn how these theories inform and can help direct the type of organizing that will work best for a specific community based on its personality, needs, and resources. Community Organization is designed as both a textbook and a reference guide for professionals in the helping field. Standards for Excellence Series – Designed to help students advance their knowledge, values, and skills, the Standards for Excellence Series assists students in associated CSHSE's National Standards to all levels of human service practice. The Standards for Excellence grid at the start of the book provides a quick view of the CSHSE Standards addressed in each chapter.