Community Development in Action: Putting Freire Into PracticeIn a world in which social divisions are widening, not lessening, it is essential for proponents of community development--or of any other practice committed to social justice and sustainability--to understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. Written with busy practitioners in mind, this exciting and practical book is filled to the brim with useful, practice-oriented ideas for reclaiming community development's critical potential for social change. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, it presents theories in interesting and straightforward ways and will be an everyday reference for giving community development a critical edge. |
Contents
Some very good reasons for reading this book | 1 |
two Paulo Freires critical pedagogy | 21 |
three Kickstarting Freire in everyday practice | 41 |
disempowerment and empowerment | 67 |
five Paulo Freire and antiracist feminism | 85 |
a crime against humanity | 105 |
seven Power and political times | 123 |
eight Emancipatory action research as a critical living praxis | 139 |
organising collectively | 157 |
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Community development in action: Putting Freire into practice Ledwith, Margaret Limited preview - 2015 |
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