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Ruth Pearce
Kirsty Lohman
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The leading international journal in its field, covering a wide range of topics, reviewing significant developments and providing a forum for cutting-edge debates about theory and practice …
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Latest Special Issue: Ethics in Community Development
The latest Special Issue from the Community Development Journal brings together work from around the world to explore aspects of community development through an explicitly ethical lens.
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CDJ regularly publish Themed Sections which bring together shorter collections of original articles on a single theme. Read our latest Themed Section on 'Community Development in Social Work Education: Themes for a Changing World.'
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CDJ Plus connects you to the wider community development world, with links to relevant organisations and journals, access to free content, and more.
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Special issue: Environmental Community Development in the Climate Emergency
This Special Issue of the Community Development Journal brings together writers and activists from a variety of contexts to explore the role community work can play in addressing the 'climate emergency'.
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