{"product_id":"community-organizing-and-community-building-for-health-and-welfare-9780813553009","title":"Community Organizing and Community Building for","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis third edition offers new and more established ways to approach community building and organising, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. Numerous case studies ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform are provided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Minkler has created a volume useful to practitioners and academics interested in working together to produce positive community change. This is a must-read for anyone interested in making a difference in their communities in socially just and equitable ways.\" -- Marc Zimmerman * professor at University of Michigan School of Public Health *\u003cbr\u003e“This is an important resource of great value for those studying public health, health education, social work, and theory-based program planning. Minkler's new text offers insightful overviews, case examples, and a rich appendix of tools.” -- Dr. Rima Rudd * Harvard School of Public Health *\u003cbr\u003e“Minkler has authority in her field and is known for sound scholarship. This is an obvious text for courses in health education and social work both at the graduate and undergraduate levels.”  -- Dona Schneider * Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *\u003cbr\u003e\"The third edition of this comprehensive, excellent book is a welcome resource for public health professionals and social workers interested in the 'art and science' of organizing and building communities. A must read for health education students interested in community-related work. Highly recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction to Community Organizing and Community Building\u003cbr\u003e 2. Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContextual Frameworks and Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Improving Health through Community Organization and Community Building\u003cbr\u003e 4. Contrasting Organizing Approaches\u003cbr\u003e 5. Community Building Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Effective Partnerships and Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Challenges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Community, Community Development, and the Forming of Authentic Partnerships\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ethical Issues in Community Organizing and Capacity Building\u003cbr\u003e 8. Building Partnerships between Local Health Departments and Communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunity Assessment and Issue Selection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mapping Community Capacity\u003cbr\u003e 11. Selecting and “Cutting” the Issue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunity Organizing and Community Building within and across Diverse Groups and Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color\u003cbr\u003e 13. African American Barbershops and Beauty Salons\u003cbr\u003e 14. Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Restaurant Workers in San Francisco’s Chinatown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART SIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsing the Arts and the Internet as Tools for Community Organizing and Community Building\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. Creating an Online Strategy to Enhance Effective Community Building and Organizing\u003cbr\u003e 16. Using the Arts and New Media in Community Organizing and Community Building\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART SEVEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding, Maintaining, and Evaluating Effective Coalitions and Community Organizing Efforts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17. A Coalition Model for Community Action\u003cbr\u003e 18. Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention in Humboldt Park, Chicago\u003cbr\u003e 19. Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Community Organizing and Coalition Building\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART EIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfluencing Policy through Community Organizing and Media Advocacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 20. Using Community Organizing and Community Building to Influence Public Policy\u003cbr\u003e 21. Organizing for Health Care Reform\u003cbr\u003e 22. Media Advocacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Principles of Community Building\u003cbr\u003e 2. Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis Procedure\u003cbr\u003e 3. Challenging Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Ladder of Community Participation in Public Health\u003cbr\u003e 5. Coalition Member Assessment\u003cbr\u003e 6. Community Mapping and Digital Technology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Using Force Field and “SWOT” Analysis as Strategic Tools in Community Organizing\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Checklist for Action\u003cbr\u003e 9. Criteria for Creating Triggers or Codes for Freirian Organizing\u003cbr\u003e 10. Scale for Measuring Perceptions of Control at the Individual, Organizational, Neighborhood, and beyond-the-Neighborhood Levels\u003cbr\u003e 11. Policy Bingo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e About the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405782950231,"sku":"9780813553009","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813553009.jpg?v=1730493601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/community-organizing-and-community-building-for-health-and-welfare-9780813553009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}