Self-Governance in Communities and Families

Self-Governance in Communities and Families provides community leaders and others with a practical and accessible method for building partnerships between social institutions and citizens, community leaders and others with a framework for bringing all parts of a community and the "system" together around the common purpose of strengthening communities and families. This book outlines a philosophy of self-governance and empowerment for at-risk families, individuals, and neighbourhood communities and offers managers a dynamic, adaptive model for opening up, supporting, and steering the process of social change.

Gary M. Nelson is the associate director for the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.