Title:	Community Intervention
Authors:	Jan Marie Fritz Jacques Rhéaume
Keywords:	Community
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	Community Intervention: Clinical Sociology Perspectives, 1 a project of the clinical sociology division (RC46) of the International Sociological Association, brings together scholar-practitioners from Canada, France, the Philippines, South Africa and the United States to discuss research and interventions that take place in communities. The analyses and interventions presented in this volume aim to improve the quality of life of individuals, organizations and communities of all kinds, from neighborhoods to societies. The shifting responsibilities among the state, civil society and for-profit market2 in many economically-developed countries has often widened the gap between “poverty and prosperity” (Ledwith 2005, p. 1) within and between communities. Clinical sociologists assist communities in economically-developed as well as economically-developing countries to visualize and move toward a desired future. This is done by working—internally and externally—with governments, community groups and businesses to analyze current situations; identify short-term and longterm goals; assess various ways to achieve those goals; examine the facilitators and barriers to achieving goals; develop inclusive rights-based policies and/or practices; as well as establish action plans and monitor implementation efforts. 1 This book would not have been completed without the support of several organizations. We would like to thank the Fulbright Program, Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen, and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. for giving Jan Marie Fritz the time to complete this book. We also would like to thank Carlos Jean-Baptiste for his excellent editorial assistance and for providing the figures used in Chapters 2 and 12. 2 Ledwith (2005, p. 1) refers to the market globally as a “profit-over-people-and-planet” approach
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/52635
ISBN:	978-1-4939-0998-8
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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