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| Title: | Community Development
: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: 4th Edition |
| Author: | Hennie Swanepoel & Frik de Beer |
| ISBN: | 0702171581 : 9780702171581 |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 170x245mm |
| Pages: | 317 |
| Weight: | .556 Kg. |
| Published: | Juta Publishing (Academic) - January 2006 |
| List Price: | 20.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | SOCIOLOGY; SOCIAL STUDIES |
Now in its fourth edition, the extremely successful "Community Development" continues to be a definitive guide for community development workers. This useful, practical book contextualises poverty and explains the process of community development, with specific reference to the community development worker's role. Apart from context and process, it details the kinds of skills required by a community development worker, with particular attention being paid to the importance of communication. The book focuses on enabling the development worker to train others, thereby building capacity in the community and working towards breaking the poverty cycle. The authors have been involved in research projects locally and internationally. These projects have included rural development, housing, energy use, local government, training, and culture and medicine.
Poverty, illbeing and wellbeing; The development environment; Stakeholders in community development; The principles of community development; The features and outcome of community development; The community as main actor in community development; The place and role of community development workers; Community development workers and their organisations; Participatory decision-making, problem-solving and management; Communication skills; Group facilitation and leadership development; Conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation; Mobilisation and motivation; Operational writing; Meetings; Public speaking; Contact-making; Participatory research methodology; The start of a project; Planning and implementation; Evaluation and control; The training dialogue; Planning and presenting a training workshop.
