{"product_id":"consensus-organizing-a-community-development-workbook","title":"Consensus Organizing:  A Community Development Workbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The world is changing rapidly and the practice of community organizing needs to change with it. Representing both an homage to, and a departure from the \"alinsky traditions\" of organizing, \u003cstrong\u003eConsensus Organizing \u003c\/strong\u003eoffers techniques that are specifically designed for urban and rural communities struggling to succeed in the global economy and the information age. Ohmer and DeMasi are experienced organizers who offer a relentlessly thorough examination of the process of bringing diverse communities together to make change and to bridge the ethnic and economic divisions that keep many communities from succeeding.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Bill Traynor Executive Director, Lawrence CommunityWorks Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA person doesn′t have to be a consensus organizer to think like one. \u003cstrong\u003eConsensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook—A Comprehensive Guide to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Community Change Initiatives \u003c\/strong\u003ehelps students and practitioners begin to think like consensus organizers and incorporate this way of strategic thinking into their lives and their work. Through a wide range of exercises, role-play activities, case scenarios, and discussion questions, this workbook presents the conceptual framework for consensus organizing and provides a practical and experiential approach to understanding and applying consensus organizing to address a range of issues. This workbook is designed to be used by itself or along with Mike Eichler′s text \u003cem\u003eConsensus Organizing: Building Communities of Mutual Self Interest \u003c\/em\u003e(SAGE, 2007). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features and Benefits \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a step-by-step guide on how to conduct a community analysis of both internal and external neighborhood resources \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrings consensus organizing to life through case studies based on the real-life experiences of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers field exercises that engage the reader in applying and practicing consensus organizing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides practical tools that community organizers and practitioners can use in their daily work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a sample job description, work plan, monitoring report, and field report for hiring and supervising consensus organizers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents tools for describing and evaluating consensus organizing and community-level interventions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccompanying Website\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInstructors and students have access to the many activities and cases on the accompanying website.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245986795864,"sku":"9781412939836","price":137.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781412939836.jpg?v=1777775437","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/consensus-organizing-a-community-development-workbook","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}