Asset building & community development /
Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines.
- Fourth edition.
- xix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: The Role of Assets in Community-Based Development -- Whither Community?-- Growth Versus Development-- People Versus Place-- Capacity Building-- Community Sustainability-- The Challenge of Regionalism-- Asset Building-- Public Participation-- The Role of Community-Based Organizations-- Models of Community Development-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 2: A History of Community Development in America-- The Evolution of Community Development-- Recurring Issues in Community Development-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 3: Community Sustainability-- What Is Community Sustainability?-- Why Sustainability?-- The History of Sustainability-- Approaches to Sustainability-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 4: The Community Development Process-- Community Organizing-- Public Participation-- Planning Models, Techniques, and Process Steps-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 5: The Role of Community-Based Organizations-- Community Development Corporations-- Local Development Corporations-- Neighborhood Associations-- Community Youth Organizations-- Faith-Based Organizations-- Community Foundations-- International Nongovernmental Organizations-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 6: Human Capital-- Workforce Development Issues-- Key Concepts and Debates-- CBOs and Workforce Development-- Context for Workforce Development-- Key Actors and Institutions-- Local Labor Market Data-- Developing Goals and Strategies-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 7: Social Capital-- Social Capital Definition and Issues-- Key Concepts and Debates-- CBOs and Social Capital-- Social Capital and Ethnic Enclaves-- Social Capital and Local Economic Development-- Assessing Social Capital-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 8: Physical Capital-- Housing Issues-- Key Concepts and Debates-- A History of Federal Housing Policy-- The Role of CBOs in Housing Provision-- The Impact of CBOs-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 9: Financial Capital-- Financial Capital Issues-- Key Concepts and Debates-- Community Credit Institutions-- Context for Community Credit Institutions-- Key Actors and Institutions-- Community Economic Development Finance-- Predatory Lending-- Individual Development Accounts-- Assessing Local Credit Markets-- Strategies for Building Local Credit Markets-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 10: Environmental Capital-- Forms of Environmental Capital-- Land Use and Environmental Capital-- The Roles of Government and the Market-- Community-Based Organizations-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 11: Political Capital-- Key Concepts and Debates-- Methods-- Community-Based Organization and Political Capital-- Community Collaboration and Political Capital-- Deliberative Democracy as Political Capital-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 12: Cultural Capital-- Cultural Capital Definition and Issues-- Key Concepts and Debates-- Culture and Place-- Government and CBOs in Cultural Capital-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 13: Food, Energy, and Community-- Local Food Systems and Community-- Types of Local Food Systems-- Energy and Local Sustainability-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 14: Natural Disasters and Climate Change: The Role of Community Assets-- What Are Natural Disasters?-- What Creates Natural Disasters?-- Responses to Natural Disasters-- The Role of Community-Based Organizations-- Summary and Conclusions Chapter 15: The Future of Community Development-- Fulfilling the Promise of Community-Based Development-- Local Versus External Initiation of Community Development-- Community-Based Organizations and International Development-- An Agenda for Promoting Community Development in America-- Summary and Conclusions
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Community development--United States. Community development corporations. Community development.