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

by Norman Walzer (Editor), Rhonda Phillips (Editor), Robert Blair (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367563486
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2022
Series:	Community Development Research and Practice Series
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Norman Walzer is Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Governmental Services, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA.

Rhonda Phillips is Dean, Purdue University Honors College, West Lafayette, USA.

Robert Blair is Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the College of Public Affairs, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA.

Table of Contents

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?