Identity, culture and the politics of community development

Identity, culture and the politics of community development / edited by Stacey-Ann Wilson.

This volume takes as its starting point that issues of identity and culture are important and relevant for community development in nearly every society. It is therefore essential that community development practitioners acknowledge both culture as well as the political necessity of incorporating cu...

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Other Authors: Wilson, Stacey-Ann, 1977- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:
Community development.
Identity (Psychology)
Culture.
community development.
Development studies.
Society & culture: general.
Social issues & processes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Community development
Culture
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Identity, Politics and Indigenous Community Communities
  • ch. One The Effects of Globalisation on Community Development Practice in Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia / Tania Kihl
  • ch. Two Cultural Identity and Development within the Community of Marree Aboriginal School in Australia / Tracey Warren
  • ch. Three Rez Politics: Social Change through Community Mobilisation and Aboriginal Rights Claims in Canada / Stacey-Ann Wilson
  • pt. II The Changing Characteristics of Community and Activism
  • ch. Four Antarctica as a Community / Jane Verbitsky
  • ch. Five Peacebuilding Within and Between Communities / Heather Devere
  • ch. Six The Lure of the Local: Community Activism and Place in Australia / David Jones
  • pt. III Tools of Community Engagement
  • ch. Seven In Our Own Way: The Parallel Development of Culturally Anchored Self-Help in African American and New Zealand Maori Communities in Historical Perspective / Marilyn Lashley
  • ch. Eight Building Bridges: Community Radio as a Tool for National Development in Nigeria / Mary Okocha
  • ch. Nine Cittaslow Movement as a Tool for Sustainable Communities in Turkey / Selin Mutdogan
  • pt. IV Immigrant Re-settlement and Community Integration
  • ch. Ten African Women's Identity and Labour Force Integration in New Zealand / Adesayo Adelowo
  • ch. Eleven The Resettlement Experiences of Eight Female Japanese Settlers Living in the Auckland community in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Camille Nakhid.

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