Community Development and Public Administration Theory: Promoting Democratic Principles to Improve Communities

ISBN-13: 9781138304734 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 312 str.

Ashley E. Nickels; Jason D. Rivera

Opis

This book will be of interest to practitioners and researchers in public administration/management, public administration theory, community development, economic development, urban sociology, urban politics, and urban planning.　

Spis treści

Foreword: Community Comes First in Community Development  Introduction: Democratizing Community Development Policy & Administration  Part 1: Values and the Policy Environment  1. Defining and Aligning Community Development and Public Administration: Using Administrative Practices and Design to Better Communities  2. Calling for Community Control: Local Organizing and Implications for Community Development Policy  3. Fiscal Emergency Management in Michigan: A Misguided Policy Initiative  4. American Dream, Democratic Nightmare: Refocusing Governmental Approaches to Housing Policy  Part 2: Serving Rather Than Steering  5. Improving the Citizen Participatory Process in Community Economic Development  6. Representative Bureaucracy and Community Development  7. The Impact of Microfinance Programs on Political Participation: A Study of Rural Indian Women  8. Advocating Against the Grain: Nonprofit Advocacy and Human Services  9. Overcoming the Tokenization of People with Disabilities in Community Development  Part 3: Thinking Strategically, Acting Democratically  10. Cross Sector Community Partnerships and the Growing Importance of High Capacity Nonprofits in Urban Governance: A Case Study of Camden, New Jersey  11. Civic Engagement, Community Development, and the Role of CSOs and Citizenship: A Case Study of The Gambia  12. Community Development through Participatory, Engaged, and Critical Analysis  13. Economic Development as if Low Income Communities Mattered