Self-Governance in Communities and Families

by Nelson, Gary M.

• ISBN13: 9781576750865
• ISBN10: 1576750868
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-17
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Self-Governance in Communities and Families provides community leaders and others with a practical and accessible method for building partnerships between social institutions and citizens, community leaders and others with a framework for bringing all parts of a community and the "system" together around the common purpose of strengthening communities and families. This book outlines a philosophy of self-governance and empowerment for at-risk families, individuals, and neighbourhood communities and offers managers a dynamic, adaptive model for opening up, supporting, and steering the process of social change.

Author Biography

Gary M. Nelson is the associate director for the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(12)
Section I: The Opening Up of Our Social Institutions	13	(48)
Creating a Framework for Self-Governance	15	(14)
Opening Up Our Social Institutions	29	(16)
Community Partnerships through Self-Reflection and Dialogue	45	(16)
Section II: Community Dialogues---The Path to Self-Governance	61	(80)
Designing Self-Governance Dialogues	63	(22)
Day One: Building Community by Understanding the Present	85	(22)
Day Two: Creating a Bridge to the Future	107	(16)
Day Three: Community Ownership and Accountability for Results	123	(18)
Section III: Democratizing Governance and Management	141	(52)
Putting Shared Learning and Accountability into the System	143	(16)
Identifying our Capacity for Shared Ownership and Governance	159	(16)
Creating a Culture of Self-Governance	175	(18)
Appendix	193	(16)
The Jordan Institute for Families	209	(2)
Refences	211	(2)
Index	213	(6)
About the Author	219