Organizing for Neighbourhood Development
Comparative Study of Community Based Development Organizations
2nd Edition
Published on 10. December 1996
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-1-85972-283-1 (ISBN)
Description
Using case studies of community development corporations in the USA from the 1960s on, the analysis in this book shows the hopes, dilemmas, successes and failures of these CDCs. It offers lessons to those setting up or running community based economic development schemes or trusts.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 221 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-283-1 (9781859722831)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The smaller CDCs; the larger CDCs; service, mutual aid and citizen power organizations; conditions for success in CDCs; the effectiveness of CDCs; politics, government and the private sector; community action versus community development; conclusions to the first edition - the self help paradox; CDCs in the 1990s; organizing for neighbourhood development in the UK; some final observations. Appendix - some lessons for local economic initiatives.