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International Community Development Practice

Beschreibung

International Community Development Practice provides readers with practice-based examples of good community development, demonstrating its value for strengthening people power and improving the effectiveness of development agencies, whether these be governmental, non-governmental or private sector.

Autor

Charlie McConnell is a past President of IACD. He has been involved with community development for nearly five decades and has been one of the leading advocates for greater professionalization within the field nationally and internationally. He was the chair of the world's first national standards setting body and chaired the IACD working group that produced the International Standards for Community Development Practice. He has held director/CEO posts in government agencies, foundations and higher education. His publications include The Making of an Empowering Profession (3rd edition 2002). Daniel Muia is a Sub Saharan Director of IACD and a member of the IACD Training, Publications and Professional Development Committee. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He has published journal articles and book chapters on community empowerment processes. He is the Chair of the Association of Community Development Practitioners, Kenya and chaired the 2021 World Community Development Conference. Anna Clarke is the President of IACD and a Director for Europe. She is Director for Communities at Prospect Awards, a community development learning social enterprise in Northern Ireland. She also contributes to the community development degree at Ulster University. She co-authored the 2009 and 2015 UK Standards for Community Development, authored the Guide on Using Community Development Standards (2011) and was a co-author of the International Standards for Community Development Practice (2018).

Produktdetails

• Community Development Research and Practice Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9780367691240
• ISBN-10: 0367691248
• Artikelnr.: 62270913