Short Guide to Community Development

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. this is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities. it includes: • a broad overview of core themes, concepts, basic practices and key issues in community development; • an analysis of the impact of covid-19 on community life and well-being, along with the implications for longer-term community support;  • additional brand new content on the pressing issues of democratic decline, social fragmentation and isolation, social care pressures, technological developments and climate change. review a great resource -so well written and informative. sarah banks, professor of community and youth work at durham universityan extremely useful introductory text, which covers all of the essential building blocks for an up-to-date understanding of the practice of community development work in the united kingdom dr rosemary moreland, university of ulsterit's an extremely useful publication, which presents some refreshingly straightforward observations, whilst acknowledging the complexity of the politics and the practice. i will recommend it to students. mae shaw, institute of education, university of edinburghthe short guide to community development is a valuable and concise contemporary account of community development. community development journal 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.marilyn taylor, visiting professor at birkbeck, university of london marilyn taylor teaches in the areas of community involvement in neighbourhood renewal, partnerships, community participation. her research interests include neighbourhood renewal, civil renewal, accountability, community participation and empowerment, voluntary and community sector role and development.