| | |  | Community Development and Revitalization | Home » » Promoting Community Change: Making it Happen in the Real World | | | | | | | Description: | | Learn the skills that will allow you to improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with PROMOTING COMMUNITY CHANGE. This text addresses the real world issues facing social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize tangible community changes. As you progress through the text, you'll learn to identify the issues related to change and discover exactly how you can become an effective agent of change. Author Mark Homan emphasizes the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems that individuals and families commonly experience, and gives you the tools to organize empowering local actions brining clients, families, and other community members into an active role in building a healthier community for themselves, their families, and their neighbors. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Mark S.(Mark S. Homan) Homan | | Paperback:
| 480 pages | | Publisher:
| Brooks Cole | | Publication Date:
| March 06, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0495100633 | | Product Width:
| 185.0 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 231.75 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 1.54 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Previous edition saved a ton of moneyFeb 07, 2010
By Ronald Mackenzie
My instructor said it was fine to use this previous edition, which saved about $80.00 compared to a new copy of the latest. Haven't read it yet, but am looking forward to it.
 Improved, competent textJun 27, 2009
By William
"bookman"
This text is a major improvement over previous edition. It is a quite comprehensive look at community change and the professional aproach to doing the work. It convers well the various aspects of commuity development, social planning and social action.
The reflective moments add depth to the study.
I fully recommend Homan's Building Communities
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GREATAug 26, 2010
By C. Ward
I will def. order from this seller again. Immediate shipping, book in GREAT condition. I ordered book on a saturday and recieved on a Wednesday!!!!!!!!Just in time to get my assignments done for class!!!
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