Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS FOR PRACTICE -- Revitalising Communities: Introduction -- 1 Globalising Communities: Players and Non-Players -- 2 Globalisation and Imperialism: Wars and Humanitarian Intervention -- 3 Discourses Within and About Social Work -- 4 The Paradox of Risk Assessment, Child Safety and Empowerment in Child Welfare -- 5 The Road Less Travelled: Reconstruction, Welfare and Social Development in South Africa -- 6 Social Work, Collective Action and Social Movements: Re-Thematising the Local-Global Nexus -- PART 2: PRACTICE IN CHANGING COMMUNITIES -- 7 Feminist, Anti-Racist Community Development: Critical Alliance, Local to Global -- 8 Community Participation: A Critical Appraisal of the Role of 'Community' in Urban Policy -- 9 Community Development Strategies in the UK -- 10 Globalised Microfinance: Economic Empowerment or Just Debt? -- 11 Community Development in Contemporary Croatia: Globalisation, Neoliberalisation and NGO-isation -- 12 Learning Through Our Children, Healing For Our Children: Best Practice In First Nations Communities -- 13 Against the Odds: Community-Based Interventions for Children in Difficult Circumstances in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 14 Communities of Gatekeepers and Communities of Advocates: Being Disabled in Eastern Europe -- 15 Ethiopian Migration: Challenging Traditional Explanatory Theories -- 16 Globalisation: Implications for International Development Work, Social Work and the Integration of Immigrants in Sweden -- 17 Rethinking and Unravelling the Interlocking Dynamics of Caribbean Emigration and Return -- 18 'Home Alone' -- 19 Globalisation and a Flood of Travellers: Flooded Travellers and Social Justice -- 20 International Aid in Disasters: A Critique