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Building communities from the inside out : a path toward finding and mobilizing a community's assets /

This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset-based deve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kretzmann, John P.
Corporate Authors: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Other Authors: McKnight, John, 1931-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Ill. : The Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, [1993]
Subjects:
Community development, Urban > United States.
Urban renewal > United States > Citizen participation.
Community organization > United States.
Community power > United States.
Community engagement.
Service learning.
Community development, Urban.
Community organization.
Community power.
Urban renewal > Citizen participation.
United States.
Stadtentwicklung.
Stadtsoziologie.
Stadtteil.
Stadtviertel.
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Summary:This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset-based development.
Physical Description:376 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:087946108X
9780879461089