| Unity Through Community Service Activities: Strategies to Bridge Ethnic and Cultural Divides Contributor(s): Hoffman, August John (Author), Parker, Norma Espinosa (Author), Sanchez, Eduardo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786441089 ISBN-13: 9780786441082 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Community service work is rapidly becoming a defining factor in how individuals interact with each other, and more importantly, how people define and achieve meaning within their own lives. This text addresses the power of community service work and its guiding principles to bridge cultural divides, facilitate interethnic group development, and reduce ethnocentrism and ethnic conflict. Simply stated, it defines ways in which people of different cultures and ethnicity can learn to appreciate their diversity while using that strength to improve their communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science - Reference |
| Dewey: 361 |
| LCCN: 2009001524 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.66 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Community service work is an ideal way not only to help define how young people deal with each other but actually to facilitate these interactions and help them achieve meaning in their lives. This book addresses community service ways to overcome divisions, foster multicultural group development, and reduce ethnocentrism and ethnic conflict. |