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Changing Communities, Second Edition
Author: Patricia Spindel
language: en
Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
Release Date: 2021-08-24
Experienced community organizer and professor Patricia Spindel provides a practical guide for producing change through community action and social activism in the updated second edition of Changing Communities. Spindel explores who has power in society and how communities can mobilize to create positive change by building capacity, developing community structures, and taking direct action to shift power relations. Outlining a practical approach to asset mapping, creating community economic development strategies, and critiquing some current approaches to community development, the chapters cover topics including the impact of corruption and the influence of powerful interests, community strengths and needs assessment, community-based research, various community development strategies, and the principles and some of the tactics used in community organization. Equipped with case studies and practical examples, this fundamental guide is an essential resource for students in community development, social service work, gerontology, and other human services and helping professions. FEATURES - Includes a community strengths-based assessment framework developed by the author, referred to as the Strengths, Assets, Challenges, and Opportunities Assessment (SACO) - Offers case studies and practical examples from Canada and the United States - Provides students with practical knowledge on how to build powerful coalitions, raise funds for grassroots projects, and deal with the press and social media, including how to write a press release
Changing Communities
"Written for people who want to change the world for the better, this book is suitable for students in the helping professions and more seasoned community activists. It challenges readers to take a stand by discussing why it is important to work for positive change. Using diverse real-world examples, it explains how and why people become agents of social change and outlines the myriad ways that individuals and communities can--and have--come together to fight the good fight. Outlining a practical approach to asset mapping, creating community economic development strategies, and critiquing some current approaches to community development, the chapters cover topics including the impact of corruption and the influence of powerful interests, community strengths and needs assessment, community-based research, various community development strategies, and the principles and some of the tactics used in community organization. Qualities of successful organizers and change agents are also discussed in order to help readers understand how to develop those qualities in themselves. This second edition includes expanded examples and concepts, updated references, and new pedagogical features (further readings, classroom resources, activities, and questions for reflection)."--
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition
Author: S. George Philander
language: en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date: 2012-06-13
The First Edition of the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change provided a multi-authored, academic yet non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of global warming, to appreciate the effects of human activity and greenhouse gases around the world, and to learn the history of climate change and the research enterprise examining it. This edition was well received, with notable reviews. Since its publication, the debate over the advent of global warming at least partially brought on by human enterprise has continued to ebb and flow, depending literally on the weather, politics, and media coverage of climate summits and debates. Advances in research also change the discourse as new data is collected and new scientific projects continue to explore and explain global warming and climate change. Thus, a new, Second Edition updates more than half of the original entries and adds new perspectives and content to keep students and researchers up-to-date in a field that has proven provocatively lively.