Just and Lasting Change When Communities Own Their Futures

Name: Just and Lasting Change When Communities Own Their Futures
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ISBN: 9780801868252

ISBN-10: 0801868254

ISBN-13: 9780801868252

Edition: 2002

Authors: Daniel Taylor-Ide, Carl E. Taylor

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This guide shows how to transform communities rapidly in locally appropriate ways. The authors have been present at key events and worked with key thinkers in dealing with the forces of inequity, environmental change and globalisation.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 2/27/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Mark Allen Zabawa is a counselor and patient monitor for a large hospital. He suffers from bipolar disorder and has led dozens of support groups for those with mental health problems. He is the author of Living with Chronic Pain One Day at a Time and A Restful Mind: Daily Mediatations for Enhancing Mental Health. Zabawa lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.



Foreword



Prologue


Introduction



The Claim: A Just and Lasting Future Is Achievable



Getting Started: Positive Change Is Possible



Synopsis of SEED-SCALE



Making a Large and Lasting Impact



Our Maturing Understanding of Community Change



Assuring Accountability through Better Paperwork



A Crisis Can Become an Opportunity




Historical Demonstrations



Ding Xian: The First Example of Community-Based Development



Kerala: Development without Wealth



The Adirondacks: An Evolving Balance between People and Nature



Narangwal: The Role of Conceptual and Cultural Breakthroughs



Evidence from the Community Level



Curitiba, Brazil: A Better Pattern for Cities



Jamkhed, India: The Evolution of a World Training Center




Gadchiroli, India: Addiction as a Barrier to Development




Kakamega, Kenya: A Promising Start Derailed




The White Mountain Apache, United States: Reclaiming Self-Determination



Large-Scale Applications



Urban Agriculture: A Powerful Engine for Sustainable Cities




Peru: Communities and Government Learning to Work Together




Tibet, China: Integrating Conservation with Development



China's Model Counties: Going to Scale with Health Care




SEED-SCALE Handbooks



SEED-SCALE Principles and Criteria



Community-Based Action through SEED




How to Go to SCALE


Conclusion: Patterns for Action


Notes


Acknowledgments


Authors and Contributors


Index