Critical Community Practice
- ISBN-10
- 186134791X
- ISBN-13
- 9781861347916
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-09-12
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Authors
- Sarah Banks, Butcher, Hugh L
Description
This book provides a challenging approach to understanding community practice.It offers a much-needed theoretical perspective, setting out an analysis of power and empowerment and exploring new ways of understanding active citizenship.
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