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Community Development Margaret Ledwith

Community Development By Margaret Ledwith

Community Development by Margaret Ledwith


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Summary

A fully updated edition of this bestselling textbook offers a radical approach to community development taking theories of Gramsci and Freire into the current context. The focus is on putting theory into action for those training, working or managing any social justice practice.

Community Development Summary

Community Development: A Critical and Radical Approach by Margaret Ledwith

The fully updated third edition of this bestselling book offers a radical approach to community development. Building on the theories of Gramsci and Freire, new ideas are introduced which offer an inspiring approach to practice for all those committed to social and environmental justice. Neoliberalism has created a dangerous escalation of economic inequalities with inevitable environmental consequences. Practice needs to be informed by analyses of power, and links are made using international case studies, cartoons, and key concept summaries.

Community Development Reviews

Europe currently faces many challenges: poverty, inequality, migration, increased racism, xenophobia and populism, the democratic deficit and the environmental crisis. Ledwith makes sense of these and promotes critically reflective community development practice. Alex Downie, European Community Development Network
A passionate and wide-ranging overview of the events and ideas that have brought us to this moment, and a challenge to community development to change the story. Rebekah Goddard, UK Community Foundations.
With inspiring case studies and provocative questions, this is essential reading for anyone who dreams of creating a more just and equitable society. Rosemary Moreland, University of Ulster.
Neoliberalism desperately needs challenging and this important book provides an incisive and compelling account of how it can be done. Essential reading for all those interested in this vital area of theory and practice. Steve Rogowski, Social Worker

About Margaret Ledwith

Margaret Ledwith lives in Lancaster where she is Emeritus Professor of Community Development and Social Justice at the University of Cumbria. She is also a coordinator of the international Collaborative Action Research Network.

Table of Contents

Opening thoughts: Community development in neoliberal times; Power and the political context; Changing the story; Radical community development and the role of stories; Radical community development in action; Researching with the community; The power of ideas; Critiques of Freire and Gramsci; Taking Freire into intersectionality; Reclaiming the radical agenda.

Additional information

GOR011969259
9781447348177
1447348176
Community Development: A Critical and Radical Approach by Margaret Ledwith
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Policy Press
2020-01-08
272
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