Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development: International Perspectives  

Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development: International Perspectives by IACD member Peter Westoby and Gerard Dowling. Routledge.

“This book proposes that community development has been increasingly influenced and co-opted by a modernist, soulless, rational philosophy – reducing it to a shallow technique for ‘solving community problems’. In contrast, this dialogical approach re-maps the ground of community development practice within a frame of ideas such as dialogue, hospitality and depth. For the first time community development practitioners are provided with an accessible understanding of dialogue and its relevance to their practice…”

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