50 Years of Community Development Vol I: A History of Its Evolution and Application in North America

ISBN-13: 9780367439699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 336 str.

Norman Walzer; Rhonda Phillips; Robert Blair

Opis

This 50^th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development over the past 50 years. The editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development.

Spis treści

Introduction
Section 1 Introduction
1. Observed Community Development Patterns: 1950-1970
2. The Basics: What's Essential about Theory for Community Development Practice?
3. Theorizing Community Development
4. The Power of Community
5. Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development
6. The Community Capitals Framework: an empirical examination of internal relationships
7. Social Well-being and Community
8. Perspective in Retrospect: Community Development During the Sixties
9. Saul D. Alinsky's contribution to community development
Section 2 Introduction
10. Spiraling-Up: Mapping Community Transformation with Community Capitals Framework
11. Rural retail business survival: Implications for community developers
12. Integrating research with local community‐development programs
13. Building Entrepreneurial Communities: The Appropriate Role of Enterprise Development Activities
14. An Effective Process for Rural Planning
15. Developing a Community Perspective on Rural Economic Development Policy
16. Cooperatives in Rural Community Development: A New Framework for Analysis
17. Rural development policy in the United States: a critical analysis and lessons from the “still birth” of the rural collaborative investment program
18. Achieving Sustainable Economic Development in Communities
19. What does “Smart Growth” Mean for Community Development?
20. An Interactional Approach to Place-Based Rural Development
21. Measuring community development: what have we learned?