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The Well-Connected Community Alison Gilchrist

The Well-Connected Community By Alison Gilchrist

The Well-Connected Community by Alison Gilchrist

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There is a growing recognition of the importance of networking for the vitality and cohesion of community life. Now in its third edition, and substantially updated, this textbook combines practical experience and theory for people working with and for communities.

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The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development by Alison Gilchrist

There is a growing recognition of the importance of networking for the vitality and cohesion of community life. The Well-Connected Community provides theoretical insights and practical guidance for people working with and for communities. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent research, policy development and changes in practice and takes account of changing political and economic circumstances.

The Well-Connected Community Reviews

"This is a book that gives more and more with each edition. Drawing on a wide range of experience and literature, it has now been substantially revised and its insights will be valued by many in the community development field." Marilyn Taylor, Institute for Voluntary Action Research
This third edition is to be widely welcomed, exploring key changes in the contemporary context, together with their implications for networking as a community development strategy. Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths, University of London
Alison expertly reviews different approaches to our field using the foci of networking and connectedness to explain her ways of thinking about community work. A must read book. Alan Twelvetrees, Community Work author and consultant
"This new and extensively updated edition provides important insights into continuity and change both in communities and in community development theory and practice. It is an invaluable resource in challenging times." Angus McCabe, University of Birmingham

About Alison Gilchrist

Alison Gilchrist is an independent consultant and research fellow at the University of Birmingham. She has worked for almost four decades in community development as an activist, practitioner, trainer, researcher, policy advisor and manager.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition; Community connections: value and meaning; Community networks and policy dimensions; Community development: principles and practice; Working with communities: different approaches; Networks: form and features; Network functions; Networking principles and practices; Networking for community development; Complexity and the well-connected community; Developing the well-connected community; Issues and implications; Suggested further reading.

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NGR9781447347798
9781447347798
144734779X
The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development by Alison Gilchrist
Alison Gilchrist
New
Paperback
Policy Press
2019-09-18
298
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