Community capacity building : lessons from adult learning in Australia / edited by Glen David Postle, Lorelle Jane Burton and Patrick Alan Danaher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SECTION ONE: CONTEXTS. Chapter One: Considering community capacity building and exploring engagement : contemporary universities contributing to their respective regions / Patrick Alan Danaher, Glen David Postle and Lorelle Jane Burton. Chapter Two: Community engagement and community service : changing perspectives in regional universities? / Glen David Postle and Steve Garlick. Chapter Three: Perspectives on community capacity building in the region : underlying values and tensions / Bruce Wilson and Brian Hewitt. Chapter Four: The Community for Community (C4C) project initiative at the University of Southern Queensland as a model of university-community engagement / Lorelle Jane Burton and Glen Postle. SECTION TWO: CASE STUDIES. Chapter Five: Addressing the needs of disadvantaged youth -- Toowoomba Flexi School : a sustainable alternative / Marian Lewis, Jo Brennan and Darryl Bates. Chapter Six: The voice of the Toowoomba Flexi School student / Kathie J. McDonald and Lorelle Jane Burton. Chapter Seven: TOMNET : maximising and valuing the active participation of older men in our community / Carole McGowan, Llyod Enkelmann and Lorelle Jane Burton. Chapter Eight: Inter-generational mentoring: a 'win-win' approach for disenfranchised youth and the aged / Alan Yorkston and Glen David Postle. Chapter Nine: You're in a safe place : community-centred programs supporting the resettlement of Sudanese people from refugee backgrounds / Jessamyn Clarke, Barry Sheehan and Sue Bishop. Chapter Ten: A small town with big ideas : stories from GraniteNet / Catherine H. Arden and Kathryn McLachlan. Chapter Eleven: Acts of defiance : engaging community from the perspective of local government / Andrew T. Hickey, Darryl Bates and Paul Reynolds. SECTION THREE: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS. Chapter Twelve: Issues in evaluating community benefits of social interventions / Mark Toleman and Jacqueline Blake. Chapter Thirteen: Community capacity building : the question of sustainability? / Lucas Van Der Laan. Chapter Fourteen: A purposeful community : the region as a focus for community capacity building / Glen David Postle and Patrick Alan Danaher. Chapter Fifteen: Community capacity building in the Darling Downs : the wider relevance of C4C for universities globally / Chris Duke.