Promoting Community Change: Making it Happen in the Real World

This how-to text provides a practical understanding of the process of change and equips the reader with useful techniques for becoming effectively involved in that process. The book covers a variety of settings in which change may need to occur: neighborhoods, legislatures, social service delivery systems, and the workers own agency. Homan shows readers that they need to know how to initiate change and how to feel competent in doing so (even though they may not be primarily involved). He helps them build the skills theyll need to: raise money; build power; negotiate; work with the media; and motivate other people.