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Community development in Ireland : theory, policy and practice /

Community development in Ireland : theory, policy and practice / edited by Ashling Jackson & Colm O'Doherty. - Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, [2012] - vi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Setting the scence. Ashling Jackson and Colm O\'Doherty -- 2.The value of community development. Colm O\'Doherty -- 3.Investigating the de-politicisation of community development: what happened? Where do we go now? Deþirdre O\'Byrne -- 4.Changing the rules o fthe game: supporting community development - empowerment in practice. Colm O\'Doherty -- 5.Achieving culturally competent practice in community development settings. Bernadette Naughton -- 6.Community development, conflict and power in the North of Ireland. Feþilim Oþ hAdhmaill -- 7.What is family support anyway? Gerard Phillips -- 8.Nurturing collaborative relationships and developing local communities: an Irish case study -- 9.Volunteers as managers of family resource centres: the experiences of voluntary manaagement committee members. Patricia Neville -- 10.Family resource centres, community development and restorative justice: compatibile endeavours? Steve McNamara -- 11.Education: a tool for community development. TomFarrelly, and Andrew Loxley -- 12.\'From the inside out\': using peer education in community development practice. A case study of the Tullamore Traveller Primary Healthcare Project (1999 to date). Lily Kavanagh ... [et al] -- 13.Community-based youth and family interventions: moving from evidence-informed to evidence-based practice. Cormac Forkan -- 14.Evaluation as a mechanism for empowerment in community development practice. Ashling Jackson -- 15.Conclusion: Community development - making society better. Colm O\'Doherty and Ashling Jackson.

9780717149742 (pbk.) : £27.99 9780717149742


Community development--Ireland
Community development--Northern Ireland
Community development.
Social theory
Higher & further education, tertiary education


Ireland--Social conditions--21st century.
Northern Ireland--Social conditions--21st century.

307.14 JAC

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