Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment [electronic resource] : Perspectives on Community Development / edited by Daniel Muia, Rhonda Phillips.

Enhancing Ubuntu: Promoting Community Connectedness - the Foundation for Social Change for Girls -- Promoting Voice and Agency in Community Development Processes -- Community Development: Our Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment -- In Search of a Global Ethic of Love and Humanity: Ubuntu and Professional Love in Community Development in Kenya and the United Kingdom -- Saskatoon Green Spaces Connect Community, Twihame Watu Wa Miti -- The Role of Community Leadership Development Programs for Citizen Empowerment and Community Resiliency -- The Role of Cooperative Extension in Community and Economic Development in the United States -- Embedding Intercultural Competencies in Community Development Education: Reflections on a Virtual Exchange -- Disability Inclusive Practices in Community Development: A Scoping Review -- Mothering for Resilience and Empowerment: Narratives of Single Black Mothers and Their Daughters -- Social-medical Integration Towards Health Equity: A Case Study -- Community Resilience, Moving from Adaption to Confrontation -- Monitoring & Evaluation, Localisation and Post-Development: Is Localised M&E an Alternative to Current M&E?

This book discusses how aspects of connectedness, resilience and empowerment are intertwined in community development processes. It explicitly brings together these elements in the context of community development and well-being, helping foster an understanding of how each influences the other. With chapters contributed by scholars from around the globe, this volume provides insights into how these elements of community influence and support the quality of life of communities. While several of the chapters address the foundational and theoretical bases of community development as well as community well-being, others address topical and emergent areas of interest in community development practice and scholarship. Underscoring the chapters is an awareness of the importance of the community spirit, which is the voice and agency of people coming together to encourage social transformation. A key element of the book is also to help foster change for the better in communities. This book is of interest to researchers and professionals working in the area of community engagement and development, particularly those in resource-poor countries.