Community Development Department Wish List

The following textbooks represent the wish list of the Community Development Department at Blantyre International University. Ten, fifty, and sometimes two hundred students share the one or two copies of a course's textbook that are kept in the university library. Students usually do not have access or funds to purchase their own textbooks for their university classes. 

At the moment, because this project is in its infancy, I am asking for donations of only textbooks (or any newer editions of these textbooks) on the Wish Lists. 


Introduction to Community Development
 

Anastasia, A. (1990): Applied Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill.

UNICEF (2005): Community Capacity Development Harare.

Woolgar, M. and Padlock, L. (1983): Sociology Working With Families, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanouvich.

Cultures, Societies, and Nations

Breese, G. (1996): Urbanization in Newly Developing Countries. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

Burawoy, M. (2003): Contemporary Sociology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Chirot, D. (1999): Social Change in the Modern Era. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Social Welfare Policy

Charles Z, (2004): Introduction to Social work and Social Welfare Brooks/Cole Publishing Inc.

Hick, Steven. (2004): Social Welfare in Canada-Understanding Income Security. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing Inc.

Robert .L. B (1999): The Social Work Dictionary.4^th ed.9 (Washington, DC: NASW).

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Stress and Stress Management

Akinboye, J. O. (1992): Stress Management Strategy. Ibadan: Paperback Publisher.

Brannon, L. and Feist, J. (1992): Health Psychology2nd Ed Belmont:Wadsworth.

Pennebaker, J. W. (1990): Opening Up. New York:William Morrow and Company.

Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Bott, E (1990): Urban Families.Orlando. Academic Press.

Caldwell, J. (2000): Population and Development Review. New York: Washington Square Press.

Kornblum, W (2007): Sociology In a Changing World. New York: Thomson Wadsworth.

Gender and Inequality

Faulkner, R, R. (1998): Contemporary Sociology. New Jersey: Free Press.

Kleinberg, C. S. (2003): Race Differences. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth.

Korblum, W. (2008): Sociology in a Changing World. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth.

Research Methods in Community Development

Denzin, N. K. and Lincoln, Y. S. (eds.) (1994): Handbook of Qualitative Research. CA: Sage. 

Kultar S. (2007): Quantitative Social Research Methods CA: Sage Publications.

Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. (1998): Basics of Qualitative Research. CA: Sage Publications.

 

 *Due to the large number of textbooks on the wish list, some references may be incorrectly cited and/or missing information.