Going Local: Working in Communities and Neighbourhoods

by John Pierson

Book Overview

Going Local explains how social work students and practitioners can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, to engage communities and neighbourhoods more purposefully and to work with citizens and other mainstream and community service providers to build the capacity of neighbourhoods to tackle social problems on their own. Each chapter includes objectives and key points, as well as case studies and activities where appropriate, and the topics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415347807
• ISBN13: 9780415347808
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.8"