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List of figures | |
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List of tables | |
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List of boxes | |
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List of contributors | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Editors' introduction | |
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Foundations | |
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A framework for community and economic development | |
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Introduction | |
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Community development | |
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Economic development | |
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The relationship between community and economic development | |
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Who practices community and economic development? | |
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Seven theories for seven community developers | |
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Introduction: why theory? | |
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Seven key concerns in the community development field | |
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Asset-based community development | |
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Introduction | |
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Definitions of community development | |
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Needs-based community development | |
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Asset-based community development | |
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Challenges of the community development process | |
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Social capital and community building | |
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Introduction | |
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Social capital: what is it? | |
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Community social capacity: what is it? | |
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How does community social capacity influence development? | |
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Intentional action to increase social capacity | |
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Factors that influence the success of community-building efforts | |
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Community development practice | |
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Introduction | |
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First step: define the community | |
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Practicing community development | |
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Community development principles of practice | |
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The community development process | |
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How does community development practice relate to economic development? | |
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What do community developers do? | |
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Professional standards of ethical practice | |
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Getting started | |
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Preparation and planning | |
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Community visioning and strategic planning | |
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Introduction | |
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Process principles | |
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Phase one: initiation | |
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Phase two: the stakeholder process | |
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Establishing community-based organizations | |
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Introduction | |
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Fundamentals of forming a community-based organization | |
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Partner and grant organizations for local community development | |
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Types of community-based organizations | |
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Networks | |
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Public-private partnerships | |
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Regional initiatives | |
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Foundations | |
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Faith-based community organizations | |
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Developing community leadership skills | |
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Introduction | |
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What does it mean to be a leader? | |
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Community leadership | |
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Identifying leaders | |
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Leadership in community and economic development | |
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Community development assessments | |
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Introduction | |
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Why conduct an assessment? | |
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Quantitative and qualitative data | |
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Community assessment topics | |
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SWOT analysis | |
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The assessment report | |
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Community asset mapping and surveys | |
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Introduction | |
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Asset mobilization | |
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Methods for mapping asserts | |
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When is a survey appropriate? | |
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Mapping capacities | |
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Assessing your local economy: industry composition and economic impact analysis | |
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Introduction | |
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Industry composition: learning about the local/regional economy | |
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An introduction to economic impact analysis | |
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Programming techniques and strategies | |
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Workforce training for the twenty-first century | |
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Introduction | |
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Primary and secondary education | |
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Postsecondary education | |
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Developing a demand-driven workforce development system | |
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Federal resources | |
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State and local resources | |
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Labor market intermediaries | |
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Marketing the community | |
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Introduction | |
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Marketing definitions | |
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Components of marketing | |
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The marketing plan | |
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The regional approach to marketing | |
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Retaining and expanding existing businesses in the community | |
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Introduction | |
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What does business retention and expansion encompass? | |
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Benefits and advantages of BRE | |
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BRE is a team effort | |
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How successful are BRE programs? | |
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Entrepreneurship as a community development strategy | |
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Introduction | |
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Who is an entrepreneur anyway? | |
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What are the needs of entrepreneurs? | |
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How can your community become "entrepreneur-friendly"? | |
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Minority entrepreneurship | |
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What is the next step for your community? | |
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Tourism-based development | |
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Introduction | |
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A review of tourism planning models | |
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Types of tourism planning models | |
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Getting from here to there: selecting approaches | |
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Housing and community planning | |
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Introduction | |
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The current state of housing | |
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Housing adequacy | |
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The role of government in housing | |
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The role of nonprofits in housing | |
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Housing affordability | |
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Housing assistance programs | |
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Housing needs assessment | |
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Neighborhood planning for community development and renewal | |
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Introduction | |
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Types of neighborhood plans | |
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The global movement toward participatory neighborhood planning | |
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Measuring progress: community indicators, best practices, and benchmarking | |
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Introduction | |
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Community indicators | |
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Best practices and benchmarking | |
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Issues impacting community development | |
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Community development finance | |
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Introduction | |
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Overview of basis community development finance vocabulary | |
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Doing a deal: who are the players in community development finance? | |
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Doing a deal: finding sources of money | |
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Securing grants for community development projects | |
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Introduction | |
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Tracking other federal funding | |
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Tracking foundation and corporate funding | |
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Hitting the target | |
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Preparing grant proposals | |
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Nonprofits, accountability, and sustainability | |
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The global economy and community development | |
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Introduction | |
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Why should people care about globalization? | |
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International trade | |
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Foreign direct investment | |
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The great global job shift and outsourcing | |
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International corporate activity | |
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Offshore manufacturing | |
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Community and economic development strategies in the global economy | |
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Sustainability in community development | |
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History of the sustainability concept | |
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Sustainability definitions and themes | |
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Action areas | |
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Process and participation | |
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Conclusions and observations on the future of community development | |
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Introduction | |
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Future challenges | |
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The ongoing evolution of community development | |
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Index | |