TY - BOOK AU - Homan,Mark S. TI - Promoting community change: making it happen in the real world SN - 1305101944 (student edition) AV - HN 49 .H643 2016 U1 - 307.1/4 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Boston, MA, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom PB - Cengage Learning KW - Community development KW - United States KW - Community organization KW - fast KW - Samhällsförändring KW - sao KW - Social förändring KW - Samhällsutveckling KW - Förenta staterna N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-583) and index; Part I; Responding to the need for community change; 1; Understanding the challenge to change --; 2; Theoretical frameworks for community change --; 3; Relating community change to professional practice --; 4; Putting yourself in the picture --; Part II; Putting the pieces together. 5; Knowing your community --; 6; People : the most valuable resource --; 7; Power --; 8; Powerful planning --; 9; Raising other resources --; 10; Getting the word out --; 11; Building the organized effort --; 12; Taking action : strategies and tactics --; Part III; A closer look at typical change contexts --; 13; Enhancing the quality of neighborhoods --; 14; Increasing the effectiveness of health and human services organizations --; 15; Lobbying for change N2 - "PROMOTING COMMUNITY CHANGE, 6th Edition addresses the real-world issues facing professionals in social work, human services, and community health--and gives readers the skills and information they need to be effective agents of change at the community level. By emphasizing the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems commonly experienced by individuals and families, the author gives readers the tools they need to improve the lives of individual clients as well as entire communities."--Publisher description ER -