Reflections on Community Organization : Enduring Themes and Critical Issues

by Rothman, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780875814162
• ISBN10: 0875814166
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This book addresses fundamental concepts and dilemmas of community organization practice. It contains reflections and analysis by prominent figures in community organization--scholars, teachers, and activists who have made pioneering and seminal contributions to the field. Fourteen leaders provide reflective narratives and summarize their experience and observations. Their autobiographical accounts of lives and endeavors during the second half of the twentieth century are based on the verities of direct engagement. To broaden and enrich the discussion, professionals from several allied disciplines provide analytic commentaries, reflecting on the reflections.

Table of Contents

Part One: SETTING THE STAGE

1. Intent and Content, Jack Rothman

2. Historical Context in Community Intervention, Jack Rothman

Part Two: THE REFLECTIONS: DOMAINS AND THEMES

3. Agency Under Attack: The Risks, Demands, and Rewards of Community Activism, George Brager

4. High Hopes, Hard Realities, Robert Perlman

5. Neighborhood Organization: How Well Does It Work? John B

Turner

6. Service and Cause-Both Sides of the Same Coin, Margaret E

Berry

7. Gangs and Community Organization, Irving A

Spergel

8. My Community Organization Journey, Mildred C

Barry

9. Disruptive Dissensus: People and Power in the Industrial Age, Richard A

Cloward and Frances Fox Piven

10. The Impact of Politics, Economics, and Race on Social Work Community Organization, David M

Austin

11. A Very Personal Account of the Intellectual History of Community Organization, Jack Rothman

12. Organizing the Professional Social Work Community, Chauncey A

Alexander

13. Development of a Specialized Curriculum in Community Organization, Meyer Schwartz

14. The Rise and Decline of CO at Berkeley

Part Three: REFLECTIONS ON THE REFLECTIONS: COMMENTARIES FROM DIVERSE VANTAGE POINTS

15. The Role of Ideas, Interests, and Institutions in Community Organizing

16. Some Lessons on Community Organization and Change

17. The Importance of History and Context in Community Organization, Robert Fisher

18. What Kind of Profession? Community Organization in and Beyond Social Work, Mayer N

Zald

19. Current, Emerging, and Future Trends for Community Organization Practice, Lorraine Gutiérrez