"As someone who has spent his entire professional life working with low-income communities of the Third World, I find Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil's textbook to be remarkably comprehensive, insightful, well-organized, and practical. It powerfully addresses the nascent social consciousness of its readers. Like myself, one of the authors is a former Peace Cops Volunteer, so the 'global perspectives' aspect of this book conveys great credibility. If I had been exposed to Community Practice Skillsas an undergraduate, I would have majored in social work rather than economics." -- John Hatch Founder, FINCA International