This new handbook builds on The Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations
published in 2007 and is the only resource defining the field of study related to small
nonprofit organizations and to studying communities from the standpoint of associations that
make up communities. It explores the history and conceptualizations of community theoretical
concepts in community organizations social movements ranging from health to crime and
community practice methods. Further it provides authoritative statements of major theory areas
gives examples of different sub areas of the field provides guidance to people working as
practitioners in the field and nicely coincides with the increasing interest in clinical
sociology. This handbook is of great interest to academics students and practitioners with an
interdisciplinary resource to understand and collaborate in work with contemporary communities.
