1st Edition

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

Edited By Norman Walzer, Rhonda Phillips, Robert Blair Copyright 2021
    350 Pages
    by Routledge

    350 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Introduction

    Section 1 Introduction

    1. Observed Community Development Patterns: 1950-1970

    Huey B. Long

    2. The Basics: What's Essential about Theory for Community Development Practice?

    Ronald J. Hustedde and Jacek Ganowicz

    3. Theorizing Community Development

    Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya

    4. The Power of Community

    M.A. Brennan and Glenn D. Israel

    5. Theories of Poverty and Anti-Poverty Programs in Community Development

    Ted K. Bradshaw

    6. The Community Capitals Framework: an empirical examination of internal relationships

    Kenneth Pigg, Stephen P. Gasteyer, Kenneth E. Martin, Kari Keating and Godwin P. Apaliyah

    7. Social Well-being and Community

    Kenneth P. Wilkinson

    8. Perspective in Retrospect: Community Development During the Sixties

    Otto G. Hoiberg

    9. Saul D. Alinsky's contribution to community development

    Donald C. Reitzes and Dietrich C. Reitzes

    Section 2 Introduction

    10. Spiraling-Up: Mapping Community Transformation with Community Capitals Framework

    Mary Emery and Cornelia Flora

    11. Rural retail business survival: Implications for community developers

    Janet Ayres, Larry Leistritz and Kenneth Stone

    12. Integrating research with local community‐development programs

    Willis J. Goudy and John L. Tait

    13. Building Entrepreneurial Communities: The Appropriate Role of Enterprise Development Activities

    Gregg A. Lichtenstein, Thomas S. Lyons, and Nailya Kutzhanova

    14. An Effective Process for Rural Planning

    Martin G. Anderson and Ralph A. Catalano

    15. Developing a Community Perspective on Rural Economic Development Policy

    Glen C. Pulver

    16. Cooperatives in Rural Community Development: A New Framework for Analysis

    Kimberly Zeuli, David Freshwater, Deborah Markley and David Barkley

    17. Rural development policy in the United States: a critical analysis and lessons from the "still birth" of the rural collaborative investment program

    Beth Walter Honadle

    18. Achieving Sustainable Economic Development in Communities

    Ron Shaffer

    19. What does "Smart Growth" Mean for Community Development?

    Tom Daniels

    20. An Interactional Approach to Place-Based Rural Development

    Jeffrey C. Bridger and Theodore R. Alter

    21. Measuring community development: what have we learned?

    Andy S. Blanke and Norman Walzer

    Biography

    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.