1st Edition
Community Leadership Development A Compendium of Theory, Research, and Application
1. Community Leadership Development: An Introduction to Theory, Research, and Application Mark A. Brennan Section I: Seminal Leadership Theory 2. Community Leadership and Community Theory: A Practical Synthesis. Kenneth E. Pigg. 3. Three Faces of Empowerment: Expanding the Theory of Empowerment in Community Development Kenneth E. Pigg 4. Community Development through Community Leadership Programs: Insights from a Statewide Community Leadership Initiative Scott Wituk, Sarah Ealey, Mary Jo Clark, Pat Heiny & Greg Meissen 5. Leadership as Community Capacity Building: A Study on the Impact of Leadership Development Training on Community Mary Emery, Edith Fernandez, Isabel Gutierrez-Montes & Cornelia Butler Flora Section II: Leadership Development Research and Application 6. Enhancing Public Affairs Participation through Leadership Development Education: Key Questions for Community Development Research and Practice. Boyd E. Rossing & Daryl K. Heasley 7. Community Leadership Development: Process and Practice Christine A. Langone & F. Richard Rohs 8. Community Leadership Structure: Differences Between Rural Community Leaders' and Residents' Informational Networks. Ralph B. Brown & Albert B. Nylander 9. Integrating Theory and Practice: Leadership and Community Development in the Dakotas Janet Kelly Moen 10. Community Leaders, Business Ownership, and Support of Entrepreneurship Development: The Role of Macroentrepreneurs. Peter F. Korsching, John C. Allen, Rebecca Vogt & Steven G. Sapp 11. Putting "Development" Back Into Community Leadership (Development) Programs Dean Alan Porr
Biography
Mark A. Brennan is Professor of Leadership Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Brennan’s research and teaching concentrates on the role of leadership and civic engagement in the community and development process. He has conducted extensive research internationally, resulting in over a hundred publications in leading journals, books, and many presentations at professional meetings. Among other awards, Dr. Brennan has been named a UNESCO Fellow and Fulbright Scholar.
