Explores how helping professionals effectively work in the community. Community Organization: Theory and Practice provides readers with the theories, tools and strategies needed to organize effective, participatory change efforts in communities. Readers will learn how these theories inform and can help direct the type of organizing that will work best for a specific community based on its personality, needs, and resources. Community Organization is designed as both a textbook and a reference guide for professionals in the helping field. Designed to help students advance their knowledge, values, and skills, the Standards for Excellence Series assists students in associated CSHSE's National Standards to all levels of human service practice. The Standards for Excellence grid at the start of the book provides a quick view of the CSHSE Standards addressed in each chapter. For courses in Community Practice. Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that you can purchase on your own or instructors can assign for their course. The mobile app lets you keep on learning, no matter where your day takes you, even offline. You can also add highlights, bookmarks, and notes in your Pearson eText to study how you like. NOTE: This ISBN is for the Pearson eText access card. Pearson eText is a fully digital delivery of Pearson content. Before purchasing, check that you have the correct ISBN. To register for and use Pearson eText, you may also need a course invite link, which your instructor will provide. Follow the instructions provided on the access card to learn more.

Table of Contents:
In this Section: I) Brief Table of Contents II) Detailed Table of Contents ' I) Brief Table of Contents ' Chapter 1. Defining Community Chapter 2. Communities as Systems Chapter 3. Living and Working in Communities Chapter 4. Varieties of Community Organizing Chapter 5. The Community Organizing Cycle Chapter 6. Building an Effective Leadership Team Chapter 7. Participatory Research Chapter 8. Planning and Implementation Chapter 9. Management and Evaluation Chapter 10. Organizational Structure, Budgeting, and Funding Chapter 11. Power and Empowerment Chapter 12. Navigating the Political Labyrinth Chapter 13. Value Systems and Ethics Chapter 14. Community Organizing with Web-Based Tools Chapter 15. Organizations that Support Community Organizing' ' II) Detailed Table of Contents ' Chapter 1. Defining Community Introduction Case Study 1: The Smithville Neighborhood Case Study 2: The Town of Middle View Variations on the Theme ' Chapter 2. Communities as Systems Systems Thinking Analyzing Community Systems Kaleidoscopic Community Systems Bringing People Together ' Chapter 3. Living and Working in Communities Building Your Internal Picture of the Focal Community Getting Acquainted with the Focal System Learning the "Rules" "Fitting In" to Community Life Using Theories of Social Integration Integration into Community Life ' Chapter 4. Varieties of Community Organizing Place-based and Relational Organizing Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation Economic Mutual Aid Self-help Groups Community-based Advocacy Social Movements Collaborations Mixing and Matching ' Chapter 5. The Community Organizing Cycle The Organizing Cycle as a WholeFocus on Leadership Focus on Participatory Research Focus on Planning Focus on Implementation Focus on Management Focus on Evaluation ' Chapter 6. Building an Effective Leadership Team Recruiting a Leadership Team The Evolving Leadership Team: The Form, Storm, Norm, Perform, and Adjourn Cycle Leadership Teams as Living Systems Facilitating Effective Community Leadership Teams Interactional Processes Power in Leadership Teams Roles Team Members Play ' Chapter 7. Participatory Research Connected Knowing: The "Engine" of Participatory Research Data Gathering and Consolidation of Information Analytical Frameworks The Asset-based Approach The Problem-centered Approach Gap Analysis Sustainability Analysis ' Chapter 8. Planning and Implementation Four Types of Planning TraditionalRelationalAdvocacyParticipatoryThe Planning Questions Assessing the Situation Implementation: Defining the Next Steps Mixing and Phasing the Implementation Strategies Training and Pilot Projects ' Chapter 9. Management and Evaluation Five Types of Management Bureaucratic ManagementRelationship Based ManagementDistributed ManagementParticipatory ManagementContingency ManagementEvaluation Formative Evaluation PlansContinuous Quality ImprovementThe Management Information SystemSummative EvaluationsEvaluation for the Varieties of Community OrganizingOrganizingSummary ' Chapter 10. Organizational Structure, Budgeting, and Funding Organizational Structures Advocacy for Effective ActionInformal AssociationsAdoption by an Exisiting OrganizationFormal OrganizationsFor Benefit or B CorporationsNonprofit Organizations: 501c3Churches and Integrated AuxilliariesFoundations and Giving CirclesPolitical OrganizationsOrganizing Internationally: Non-government Organizations (NGOs) Budgeting Basics Guiding the Budgeting Process Expenditure Budgeting Zero-based Budgeting Income Budgeting and Funding Budget Management throughout the Year Accountability and Audits Cash Flow Problems Ethical Budget Management ' Chapter 11. Power and Empowerment Two Ways of Discerning Power Power as an Individual Attribute Power as an Attribute of Certain Classes or Categories of People Power as a Product of Interaction Power and Authority How Others Perceive Your Power Power within the Varieties of Community Organizing Empowerment: Increasing the Power of Individuals and Communities Maximizing Your Own and Others' Individual Power Organizational Empowerment Community Empowerment Forces against Community Empowerment ' Chapter 12. Navigating the Political Labyrinth Why We Have Governments Three Views of the Role of Government Political Negotiations Six Dimensions of Public Policy A Real World Example Playing the Political Game How to Play the Political Game with Politicians Playing the "Policy Game" with Bureaucrats ' Chapter 13. Value Systems and Ethics Quality of Life Values Competing Value Systems: Modernism and the Quality of Life Ethical Viewpoints Professional Ethical Standards and Codes of Ethics ' Chapter 14. Community Organizing with Web-Based Tools The Impact of the Internet and Social Networking on Community Organizing Horizontal Community Organizing Connectivism and Community Organizing Strengths of Using the Web for Community Organizing Weaknesses, Dangers, and Threats of the Internet or to the Internet ' Chapter 15. Organizations that Support Community Organizing The Community Development Model The Social Action Model "Volunteer Efforts and Movements Faith Communities Working for and Modeling Social Change Service Organizations ' **Available in eText copy only** Appendix A Details of Participatory Research Strategies Appendix B Expanded Coverage of Budgeting and Fund-raising Notes ' '