Building resilient communities: Social work practice and rural Queensland

Autor:	Lesley Irene Chenoweth, Daniela Stehlik
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	International research Economic growth Health (social science) Sociology and Political Science Work (electrical) Social work Rural practice Sociology Community development Socioeconomics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Human services
Zdroj:	Australian Social Work. 54:47-54
ISSN:	1447-0748 0312-407X
Popis:	This paper applies the notion of community resiliency to rural and regional Queensland and explores the role of human services and practitioners in developing this resiliency. Communities can be considered as being ‘resilient’ when they respond to crises in ways that strengthen communal bonds, resources and the community's capacity to cope. Increasingly, community resiliency has become the focus of international research (Kulig and Brown 1996; 1997), In our work, we have been exploring alliance-building between practitioners and their communities in several research projects in rural and regional Queensland. We argue that these alliances contribute significantly to the building of resiliency and are a potential site for further work in strengthening and sustaining rural communities. The implications of community resiliency for social work practice are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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