Strategies of Community Intervention
- ISBN-10
- 0875814360
- ISBN-13
- 9780875814360
- Category
- Community development
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Authors
- Jack Rothman, John Erlich, John E. Tropman
Description
This volume takes a broad view of community organization, viewing it as a rich and diverse field of practice that includes policy analysis and development, program planning, administration, evaluation, and resource development and allocation. The Sixth Edition emphasizes strategic and tactical considerations in community change. It treats social planning and policy initiatives, neighborhood-based citizen and empowerment approaches, and advocacy-oriented social action.
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