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ISBN: 1605092770

ISBN13: 9781605092775

Community: The Structure of Belonging

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By Peter Block

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This practical guide to building stable, healthy, and inclusive communities offers an antidote to today's polarizing culture of isolation. With the increasing violence in our culture, the widening ideological divides, and the growing gap in economic well-being, a deeper sense of community is desperately needed. But even as we acknowledge the need to build community, the typical ways we engage people, civically and organizationally, remain essentially unchanged. In Community, Peter Block explores how authentic community can emerge from fragmentation and offers practical steps and strategies we can use to foster this transformation. This updated and revised edition draws on a decade of putting Block's ideas into practice. New examples show that community building can be a more powerful way to address social problems than more traditional policies and programs. And encouragingly, Block demonstrates how simple positive transformation can be, once we decide it is essential. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1605092770

ISBN13:9781605092775

Release Date:September 2009

Publisher:Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:8.3" x 0.7" x 5.5"

Related Subjects

Collaboration Community Development Diversity Empowerment Inclusion Social Justice Non-Fiction Business Business & Investing Economics

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Making each gathering an example of the future we wish to create

By Thriftbooks.com User, November 17, 2008

In COMMUNITY - The Structure of Belonging, Peter Block provides an articulation of community feelings, wants and beliefs many of us have felt inside but haven't always had words to express. The book provides an antidote to the typical conversations about community that focus on fears, poor leadership, lack of funding, crime, safety, joblessness and other issues familiar to every city, village and neighborhood. It presents...

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Peter Block Has Really Outdone Himself With This One!

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 29, 2008

Peter Block's new book Community really has a wealth of information about creating a healthyenvironment based on a structure that's not only innovative, but grounded in an easily adoptable format. This isn't just a consulting book, or "how to" book it has something that will appeal to anyone trying to create a sense of belonging. This book is a culmination of what Peter seems to have been building up to for years. If you're...

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Community: The Structure of Belonging

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 14, 2008

Peter newest book "Community" will become a classic on how to "Build Community". It has a conceptual model of community building for those who like or need a model. It has practical ideas and a "how to" section for those who just want to get started and improve their community. The book has a wonderful list of resources and practitioners who have done this sort of work for those who want or need that. Society has lost...

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Required reading for community transformation

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 8, 2008

I believe this book is a must-read for those of us who work to transform community: It gives us a common language for talking about what makes community transformation different from human service/government planning and programs. It integrates many important strands of transformation thinking, making transformation feel more accessible. It helps us see what transformation looks like and connects that vision to concrete...

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This book matters

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 6, 2008

Community: the Structure of Belonging is the most important book Peter Block has written and the most important book you are likely to read this year. The book is incredibly clear, profoundly important and perfectly timed. This book is Peter's masterwork and a culmination of the important thinking he has so carefully articulated in his other classics The Empowered Manager, Stewardship and The Flawless Consultant. While...

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