The Literature of Community Development

The Literature of Community Development
Title The Literature of Community Development PDF eBook
Author Jack Mezirow
Publisher
Pages 192
Release 1963
Genre Community development
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Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development

Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development
Title Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development PDF eBook
Author Peter Westoby
Publisher Routledge
Pages 194
Release 2013-07-18
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1136272852

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This book proposes that community development has been increasingly influenced and co-opted by a modernist, soulless, rational philosophy - reducing it to a shallow technique for ‘solving community problems’. In contrast, this dialogical approach re-maps the ground of community development practice within a frame of ideas such as dialogue, hospitality and depth. For the first time community development practitioners are provided with an accessible understanding of dialogue and its relevance to their practice, exploring the contributions of internationally significant thinkers such as P. Freire, M. Buber, D. Bohm and H.G Gadamer, J. Derrida, G. Esteva and R. Sennett. What makes the book distinctive is that: first, it identifies a dialogical tradition of community development and considers how such a tradition shapes practice within contemporary contexts and concerns – economic, social, political, cultural and ecological. Second, the book contrasts such an approach with technical and instrumental approaches to development that fail to take complex systems seriously. Third, the approach links theory to practice through a combination of storytelling and theory-reflection – ensuring that readers are drawn into a practice-theory that they feel increasingly confident has been 'tried and tested' in the world over the past 25 years.

Community Development and Public Administration Theory

Community Development and Public Administration Theory
Title Community Development and Public Administration Theory PDF eBook
Author Ashley E. Nickels
Publisher Routledge
Pages 302
Release 2018-04-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1351396536

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The concept of community development is often misunderstood, holding different meanings across different academic disciplines. Moreover, the concept of community development has been historically abstracted, not only in the way the concept has been conceptualized in academic studies, but also by the way in which practitioners use the term in the vernacular. Departing from traditional definitions of community development, this volume applies the New Public Service (NPS) perspective of Public Administration to community development to illustrate how public administrators and public managers can engage in community development planning and implementation that results in more equitable and sustainable long-term outcomes. 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.

The Community Development Reader

The Community Development Reader
Title The Community Development Reader PDF eBook
Author Craig, Gary
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 360
Release 2011-05-18
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1847427049

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This unique Reader traces the changing fortunes of community development through a selection of readings from key writers.

The Community Development Quota Program in Alaska

The Community Development Quota Program in Alaska
Title The Community Development Quota Program in Alaska PDF eBook
Author National Research Council
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 229
Release 1999-06-03
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 0309060826

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This book reviews the performance and effectiveness of the Community Development Quotas (CDQ) programs that were formed as a result of the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The CDQ program is a method of allocating access to fisheries to eligible communities with the intent of promoting local social and economic conditions through participation in fishing-related activities. The book looks at those Alaskan fisheries that have experience with CDQs, such as halibut, pollock, sablefish, and crab, and comments on the extent to which the programs have met their objectivesâ€"helping communities develop ongoing commercial fishing and processing activities, creating employment opportunities, and providing capital for investment in fishing, processing, and support projects such as infrastructure. It also considers how CDQ-type programs might apply in the Western Pacific.

Politics, Power and Community Development

Politics, Power and Community Development
Title Politics, Power and Community Development PDF eBook
Author Meade, Rosie
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 276
Release 2016-01-13
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1447317378

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Politics, Power and Community Development, the first book in a new series, Rethinking Community Development, offers unprecedented critical reflections on policy and practice relating to community development in the United States, Taiwan, Australia, India, South Africa, Germany, Ecuador, Peru, and other nations. Addressing the global dominance of neoliberalism, the contributors consider the extent to which practitioners, activists, and policy makers can challenge, critique, or resist its influence.

50 Years of Community Development Vol II

50 Years of Community Development Vol II
Title 50 Years of Community Development Vol II PDF eBook
Author Norman Walzer
Publisher Routledge
Pages 378
Release 2021-05-13
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1000208672

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This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter, Community Development, the editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development. The evolution of community development as an area of scholarship and application, and the subsequent founding of the discipline, is vital to capture. At the 50-year mark, it is particularly relevant to revisit issues that reoccur throughout the last five decades and look at approaches to addressing them. These include issues and themes around equity and inclusion, collective impact, leadership and policy development, as well as resilience and sustainability. Community change over time has much to teach us, and this set will provide a foundation for fostering understanding of the history of community development and its focus on community change. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Community Development.