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- Provides a global view of social development work
- Explores a wide range of community practices
- Offers examples of practices in a range of regional contexts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Social Work (SOWO)
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Table of contents (24 entries)
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Front Matter
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Introduction and Defining the Field
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Front Matter
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Community Practices
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Front Matter
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Social Development Theory and Practice
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Front Matter
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International Comparative Perspectives
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Front Matter
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About this book
Keywords
- Social Work
- Community Practice
- Social Development in Social Work
- Social development theory and practice
- Social development work around the world
- Sustainable development
- Community development
- Community engagement
- Youth engagement
- Politics and policy in community practice and social development
- Social work research
- Immigrants and refugees
- Community and social services
- Poverty alleviation
- Anti-oppressive Community Work Practice
Editors and Affiliations
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Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Sarah Todd
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University of Calgary, Edmonton, Canada
Julie L. Drolet
About the editors
Sarah Todd is professor and director at the Carleton School of Social Work in Ottawa, Ontario. Her research is in the area of community practice and social work education, and her most recent publication is an edited collection, Canadian Perspectives on Community Development. Prof. Sarah is currently leading a research project on uncertainty in social work practice and is a 3M teaching fellow. She teaches in the area of social work practice and critical theory.
Julie L. Drolet is professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary in Canada. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation and disaster recovery, immigrant settlement and integration, community resilience, social protection, and social work field education. Prof. Julie is Project Director of a major partnership titled Transforming the Field Education Landscape. In 2019, she joined the Royal Society of Canada as a new member of the College of Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. Prof. Julie is a registered social worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW). She teaches in the field of international social work, social work research, and field education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Community Practice and Social Development in Social Work
Editors: Sarah Todd, Julie L. Drolet
Series Title: Social Work
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6969-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6968-1Published: 27 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6969-8Published: 26 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-5052
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5060
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 483
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Work, Social Work and Community Development, Development and Social Change