50 Years of Community Development Vol I

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development over the past 50 years. The editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development.

IntroductionSection 1 Introduction1. Observed Community Development Patterns: 1950-19702. The Basics: What's Essential about Theory for Community Development Practice? 3. Theorizing Community Development4. The Power of Community5. Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development6. The Community Capitals Framework: an empirical examination of internal relationships7. Social Well-being and Community8. Perspective in Retrospect: Community Development During the Sixties9. Saul D. Alinsky's contribution to community developmentSection 2 Introduction10. Spiraling-Up: Mapping Community Transformation with Community Capitals Framework11. Rural retail business survival: Implications for community developers12. Integrating research with local community-development programs13. Building Entrepreneurial Communities: The Appropriate Role of Enterprise Development Activities14. An Effective Process for Rural Planning15. Developing a Community Perspective on Rural Economic Development Policy16. Cooperatives in Rural Community Development: A New Framework for Analysis17. Rural development policy in the United States: a critical analysis and lessons from the "still birth" of the rural collaborative investment program18. Achieving Sustainable Economic Development in Communities19. What does "Smart Growth" Mean for Community Development? 20. An Interactional Approach to Place-Based Rural Development21. Measuring community development: what have we learned?