Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Lena Dominelli holds a chair in Applied Social Sciences in the School of Applied Social Sciences and is Co-Director at the Institute of Hazards, Risk and Resilience Research at Durham University, UK, with particular responsibility for work on vulnerability and resilience.âWomen and Community Action has been an essential resource, bringing feminist understandings to community development studies. This updated edition brings new insights, a very welcome addition to the field.â Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor of Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London
"This revised third edition contributes a vital and thought-provoking analysis of womenâs changing position in the world and, in particular, the critical role of women in changing community contexts." Mae Shaw, University of Edinburgh
âThis new volume of Women and Community Action is especially valuable in a fast-changing global and national landscape. It is a must-read for social work, community education and community work scholars, activists and practitioners.â Fin Cullen, St. Maryâs University
The only text within community development that deals with both local and global issues and womenâs roles and perspectives on them;
Revisions bring the bookâs feminist theoretical framework up to date and also extend the coverage to make the arguments more truly international;
From an eminent academic.