Community development: Creating community alternatives : vision, analysis, and practice

by Jim Ife

Suitable for courses in second year social work and above. This book explores the potential for community development to form the basis of an alternative to traditional welfare services. The book begins by examining the current crisis in human services and then offers community-based services as an alternative. It focuses on community development as the crucial factor required to make the community alternative effective. The author examines how community development can be achieved in social, economic and political terms and integrates ecological perspectives with issues of social justice. He then proceeds to examine how such principles can be practically applied by the human service provider.

297 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995