Published
Sep 18, 2019Page count
298 pagesEdition
3rd EditionISBN
978-1447347798Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 18, 2019Page count
298 pagesEdition
3rd EditionISBN
978-1447347804Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 18, 2019Page count
298 pagesEdition
3rd EditionISBN
978-1447347804Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
The Well-Connected Community
There is growing recognition in practice and policy of how networking contributes to the vitality and cohesion of community life and civil society. The Well-Connected Community provides theoretical insights and practical guidance for people working with and for communities.
This updated edition takes account of the changing political and economic context, including rising social inequalities and community tensions. It considers new approaches to well being, such as social prescribing and the use of social media for local and global organising. This model of community development explains and promotes networking as a skilled and strategic intervention and provides recommendations for good practice.
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.
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.
