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Mobilizing local communities / Alf Ronnby.
By: Ronnby, Alf
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BookPublisher: Aldershot, Hants : Avebury, 1995Description: xii, 375 p. : ill, ports ; 22 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1859721893 .Subject(s): Community leadership -- Sweden | Community organization -- Sweden | Political participation -- Developmnet -- Sweden | Consumer participation | Social service | Rural population | City planningDDC classification: 361.809485
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 361.809485 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010302 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work, based on Sweden and its welfare state, examines how local communities can be mobilized best. Among the topics it covers are: whether top-down or bottom-up approaches are preferable; the meaning of community work; how it functions in Sweden; ways of empowering people; and rural aspects.
Bibliography: p. 366-375.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Putting People First: Top-down or bottom-up approaches?
- Sweden and its welfare state
- Mobilizing neighbourhood people
- Conditions for mobilization
- Self-reliant community
- Turning the tide of deprivation
- Conclusion
- Theories for Mobilizing Local Communities: The meaning of community work
- A distinctive approach to development
- The local community a core issue
- Culture and subculture
- An action theory
- Strategies
- Conclusion
- Rural Community Development: The ways of life
- What is a sparsely populated area?
- The local arena
- Public backing
- External stimulation
- Conclusion