Arts, Culture and Community Development (Premaratna Nilanjana)(Paperback)

Arts, Culture and Community Development (Premaratna Nilanjana)(Paperback)

How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities? Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Academics and practitioners from

An Introduction to Community Development (Phillips Rhonda)(Paperback)

Beginning with the foundations of community development, 'An Introduction to Community Development' offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors own teaching, and through the training they provide for practicing planners, it enables students

Introduction to Community Development: Theory, Practice, and Service-Learning (Robinson Jerry W.)(Paperback)

This text provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field. Bringing together leading scholars, it provides both a conceptual background and contemporary approaches, with a progression from theory to practice. Included are case

Child Development: Understanding a Cultural Perspective (Packer Martin J.)(Paperback)

Every child is born into a community, a society with a culture, in which they will live, grow and develop. Cultures lead to differences in children's physical development, and are also an essential component of every child's psychological development. Taking a chronological approach, from prenatal

Community Development in Theory and Practice - An International Reader(Paperback / softback)

Development: A Very Short Introduction (Goldin Ian)(Paperback)

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development

Community Development: A Critical and Radical Approach (Ledwith Margaret)(Paperback)

Community development's social justice principles are under threat from the current resurgence of far-Right politics. The dangerous escalation of economic inequalities calls for new ideas on power and new approaches to practice. Rooted in radical community development's strong theoretical

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (Institute of Medicine)(Paperback)

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives of adolescents. But what do we know about the role of such programs for today's adolescents? How can we ensure that

Suffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise (Garrett Miranda)(Paperback)

Suffrage and the Arts re-establishes the central role that artistic women and men-from jewellers, portrait painters, embroiderers, through to retailers of 'artistic' products-played in the suffrage campaign in the British Isles. As political individuals, they were foot soldiers who helped sustain

The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain (Greensted Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth and development of the Arts and Craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings, furniture, metalwork, and the people who influenced it. The movement was concerned with the revival of traditional crafts, and a

Participatory Arts in International Development (Cooke Paul)(Paperback)

Creating Culture Through Health Leadership, 2 (Svedin Lina)(Paperback)

The essays in Creating Culture through Health Leadership focus on community organizing, building and resourcing through community action, organizing, and education. The contributors share their experiences of building networks and working with local groups to create public goods and improve their

Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture: Global Perspectives (Trausch Tim)(Pevná vazba)

Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is considered one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, the essays in this collection are looking across and beyond these alleged borders. From 1920s

The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development (Gilchrist Alison)(Paperback)

There is growing recognition in practice and policy of how networking contributes to the vitality and cohesion of community life and civil society. The Well-Connected Community provides theoretical insights and practical guidance for people working with and for communities. This updated edition

Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind (Laland Kevin N.)(Paperback)

Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for culture, from the arts and language to science and technology. But how did the human mind-and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture-evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents a captivating new

Competing on Culture: Driving Change in Community Colleges (Vanwagoner Randall)(Paperback)

This book provides fresh analysis of organizational culture in the community college context with a critical examination of the relationship between organizational culture and

Arts in Primary Education - Breathing life, colour and culture into the curriculum (Kenyon Lady Ghislaine)(Paperback / softback)

Child and Adolescent Development in Cultural Context (Lansford Jennifer E.)(Paperback)

Human development doesn't occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is deeply rooted in, and affected by, culture. This textbook examines how culture affects several domains of development, including cognition, emotion, sociolinguistics, peer relationships, family relationships, and more. The chapters

English Martial Arts (Brown Terry)(Paperback)

This book investigates the weapons, history and development of the English fighting system and some of the beliefs and social pressures that helped mould it. The second half examines various English fighting techniques drawn from historical texts and manuscripts including bare-fist fighting,

Participatory Development Practice - Using traditional and contemporary frameworks (Kelly Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

From indigenous people's groups, classroom teachers, and local and international community workers comes the desire to build community. Participatory Development Practice provides a theoretical and applied base for rethinking development practice that is deeply influenced by a 'community'

Zondervan's Compact Bible Dictionary (Bryant T. Alton)(Paperback)

A fact-and-image-filled guide to the arts, cultures, geography, geology, theologies, philosophies, and lifestyles of biblical times. Easy to use, and full of a wealth of information, the Zondervan Compact Bible Dictionary will equip your study of the Bible.The dictionary features: Concise

International Development Organizations and Fragile States: Law and Disorder (Von Engelhardt Marie)(Pevná vazba)

This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective government is a basic condition for the transfer of aid, making development

The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture (Bataille Georges)(Paperback)

A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness, community, and potential.The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning 30 years of research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and

Creating Community, Revised & Updated Edition: Five Keys to Building a Thriving Small Group Culture (Stanley Andy)(Paperback)

Learn how to foster meaningful, lasting connections within your community, whether face-to-face or online, by creating a small-group culture through a proven five-step strategy. Now, more than ever, people need community. Though digital 'connections' are skyrocketing in today's culture, deep