Community development : a critical approach. Ed. by Jo Campling
Ledwith, Margaret
Community development : a critical approach. Ed. by Jo Campling - Jaipur,New Delhi etc Rawat Pubs. 2006 - xvi,196p.
CONTENTS: Tables and figures vii Foreword viii Acknowledgements x Glossary xi Notes on the author xvi Opening thoughts I Radical community development I My personal journey to praxis 4 A critical approach 5 oneWhy empower? 9 A brief history of radical community development 9 The political context 13 Current debates related to radical community development 21 Social justice and poverty 26 Why empower? 28 twoThe story of a community 31 Community profiling 31 Structuring a community profile 34 Where to look for information 35 Presenting the profile 38 Model of critical praxis 39 Participatory democracy, poverty and social justice 42 Child poverty in particular 44 Anti-poverty practice 48 three Doing community development 53 Introduction to Paulo Freire 53 Freire in his life and times 55 Empowerment and the use of story 61 Self-esteem/identity/autonomy: a sense of who 65 we are in the world Beginning the process 68 Community development four Organising in the community71 Emancipatory action research as a key component 72 of critical praxis The cycle model as a model of process 73 Schuler's core values of the new community 79 Achieving better community development (ABCD)80 The community forum: contextualising critical praxis 84 Saul Alinsky: People's Organizations 87 fiveCollective action for change 93 Critical pedagogy 95 Key Freirean concepts96 Collective action: local to global 102 Alliances across difference 105 The Beijing Conference: an example of local/global action 108 six The power of ideas 113 Antonio Gramsci 113 The life and work of Antonio Gramsci 114 Gramsci's contribution to critical pedagogy 119 The concept of hegemony 121 The role of the intellectuals 123 Locating and dislocating oppression 126 Discrimination as formalised oppression 126 Making even more critical connections130 Practical feminist approaches to dislocating oppression 131 seven Critiques of Freire and Gramsci133 Critiques of Freire and feminism 134 Critiques of Freire from a class perspective141 Gramsci and feminism 145 Social justice, environmental justice and sustainability149 eight Towards a Freirean-feminist pedagogy 157 Freirean pedagogy and feminist pedagogy 158 Sylvia Walby: patriarchal sites of oppression 164 Towards a Freirean-feminist pedagogy: loci of oppressions166 nine The way forward 171 Bibliography 175 Index 191
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Community development : a critical approach. Ed. by Jo Campling - Jaipur,New Delhi etc Rawat Pubs. 2006 - xvi,196p.
CONTENTS: Tables and figures vii Foreword viii Acknowledgements x Glossary xi Notes on the author xvi Opening thoughts I Radical community development I My personal journey to praxis 4 A critical approach 5 oneWhy empower? 9 A brief history of radical community development 9 The political context 13 Current debates related to radical community development 21 Social justice and poverty 26 Why empower? 28 twoThe story of a community 31 Community profiling 31 Structuring a community profile 34 Where to look for information 35 Presenting the profile 38 Model of critical praxis 39 Participatory democracy, poverty and social justice 42 Child poverty in particular 44 Anti-poverty practice 48 three Doing community development 53 Introduction to Paulo Freire 53 Freire in his life and times 55 Empowerment and the use of story 61 Self-esteem/identity/autonomy: a sense of who 65 we are in the world Beginning the process 68 Community development four Organising in the community71 Emancipatory action research as a key component 72 of critical praxis The cycle model as a model of process 73 Schuler's core values of the new community 79 Achieving better community development (ABCD)80 The community forum: contextualising critical praxis 84 Saul Alinsky: People's Organizations 87 fiveCollective action for change 93 Critical pedagogy 95 Key Freirean concepts96 Collective action: local to global 102 Alliances across difference 105 The Beijing Conference: an example of local/global action 108 six The power of ideas 113 Antonio Gramsci 113 The life and work of Antonio Gramsci 114 Gramsci's contribution to critical pedagogy 119 The concept of hegemony 121 The role of the intellectuals 123 Locating and dislocating oppression 126 Discrimination as formalised oppression 126 Making even more critical connections130 Practical feminist approaches to dislocating oppression 131 seven Critiques of Freire and Gramsci133 Critiques of Freire and feminism 134 Critiques of Freire from a class perspective141 Gramsci and feminism 145 Social justice, environmental justice and sustainability149 eight Towards a Freirean-feminist pedagogy 157 Freirean pedagogy and feminist pedagogy 158 Sylvia Walby: patriarchal sites of oppression 164 Towards a Freirean-feminist pedagogy: loci of oppressions166 nine The way forward 171 Bibliography 175 Index 191
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