Community Organizing and Development [Paperback]

Herbert J. Rubin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1991 | ISBN-10: 0675212359 | ISBN-13: 978-0675212359 | Edition: 2 Sub

This is the long-awaited revision of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing. The text provides a comprehensive introduction to the wide variety of approaches that guide social change, social activism, and community building work. Community Organizing and Development links various theories of organizing to the techniques and tactics of practice. It is vividly illustrated by dozens of real-life practice examples. It balances descriptions of protest actions and visible projects with the behind-the-scenes routines that make such work possible. The text describes and illustrates the skills and organizational techniques needed to undertake successful community projects, such as converting a former crack house into safe, clean, affordable housing.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Community Organizing and Development

Fourth Edition

Herbert J. Rubin, Northern Illinois University  •  Irene S. Rubin, Northern Illinois University

 

Overview

This totally revised edition of Community Organizing and Development more fully examines the broad and ever-changing political and social settings that influence collective actions.  In doing so, it describes the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable change to be successfully accomplished.  

 

New to this edition:

• Chapters have been fully updated and grouped into effective teaching units.
• A more fully developed progressive organizing model is added that explicitly links values to social actions to provide an integrative theme for the text.
• More  discussion of the importance of the Web–as an aid for organizing political and confrontational actions, as well guidance in economic and social development projects.
• Increased coverage of the practical details of organizing and development -- fund raising, publicity, running an organization, and orchestrating political actions.  

• Two new overview chapters, with Chapter 2 presenting descriptive narratives of successful organizing and development work and Chapter 3 examining contrasting models of organizing. 
• Expanded coverage of the importance of values and ideology, both for motivating organizing work as well as for understanding the actions of the opposition.
• Numerous examples that show students a wide range of possible careers in social change work.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 Sub edition (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0675212359
• ISBN-13: 978-0675212359
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,062,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Community Organizing and Development (4th Edition) (Paperback)

Great textbook, surprisingly easy to read and conceptually follow. Doesn't read like a normal text book. I feel like there were ideas in the book that were outside the scope of our class (positively). If you are interested in community planning and social action on a macro scale this is a great reference book.