Research on Community-Centered Poverty-Alleviation Social Work

This book starts with detailed community-based poverty-alleviation cases and focuses on several important aspects in this field to demonstrate the intervention methods, theoretical paradigms, and intervention models of poverty-alleviation social work. Based on the introduction to the characteristics, theoretical foundation, and practical model of community-based poverty-alleviation social work, this book elaborates the specific operation processes from the perspectives of community intervention, community empowerment, and community construction. Its chapters are arranged in a progressive order yet can also be understood separately. Moreover, not only are the characteristics of community-based anti-poverty social work highlighted in the book, but the essentials of all kinds of related social work in the fight against poverty are reflected. As the first professional book in China that systematically describes the theory and practice of community-based anti-poverty social work, it is especially suitable for social workers, poverty-alleviation workers, community workers, and readers interested in related topics.

Jun Wen, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor and Dean of the School of Social Development, East China Normal University; Distinguished Professor in the Changjiang Scholars Program; Deputy Director of the National Steering Committee on Sociology Education, China's Ministry of Education.
Yuefei Wu, Doctor, Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor of the School of Social Development, East China Normal University; Secretary General of the Development Sociology Professional Committee of Chinese Sociological Association; Shanghai 'Morning Star' Scholar.