Community Operational Research

OR and Systems Thinking for Community Development
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4613-4716-3
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Reihe: Contemporary Systems Thinking

"This is the book I have been waiting for. has shown that analysis can be used not only for, but also with, community groups, helping them to gain more control of their situations. What Midgley and Ochoa-Arias' volume does is provide not only rich examples of grass-roots practice, but also thought-provoking theoretical explorations. The editors have a point of view, but they allow space for debate with those who interpret Community OR differently."
Jonathan Rosenhead (Emeritus Professor of Operational Research, LondonSchool of Economics and Political Science; Ex-President of theORS)

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ochoa-Arias, Alejandro

Midgley, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Entscheidungsfindung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Community Operational Research.- I Early Contributions and Later Reflections on Theory, Methodology and Practice.- 2. Community Operational Research: Its Context and its Future.- 3. Community Operational Research: Purposes, Theory and Practice.- 4. Visions of Community for Community OR 75.- II Local Action for Community Development.- 5. A Black Ghetto’s Research on a University.- 6. Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-operative.- 7. Looking Forward with a Council for Voluntary Service.- 8. Facilitation as Fair Intervention.- 9. Perspectives of Engagement in Community Operational Research.- 10. Systemic Intervention for Community OR: Developing Services with Young People (Under 16) Living on the Streets.- 11. Playing with PANDA: the CybOrg and the Rhizome.- III Dealing Locally with Global Issues.- 12. An Interpretive Systemic Exploration of Community Action in Venezuela.- 13. Community and Environmental OR: Towards a New Agenda.- 14. Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH): An Introduction.