Community Development Research and Practice Series
About the Book Series
This series serves community developers, planners, public administrators and others involved in practice and policy making in the realm of community development. Building on a 40 year history of publishing the journal, Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, the book series seeks to contribute to the growing and rapidly changing knowledge base as a resource for practitioners and researchers alike.
To find out more about the Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society please visit: www.tandfonline.com/rcod.
For more information about the Community Development Society please visit: http://www.comm-dev.org/publications/research-a-practice-series
Series Editor:
Rhonda G. Phillips
Purdue University, USA
Editorial Board:
Mark Brennan
Pennsylvania State University, USA
James Calvin
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Brian McGrath
National University of Ireland
Norman Walzer
Northern Illinois University, USA
Patricia A. Wilson
University of Texas, Austin, USA
Emeritus Board Members:
Jan Flora
Iowa State University, USA
Gary P. Green
University of Wisconsin, USA
Catalysts for Change: 21st Century Philanthropy and Community Development
1st Edition
By Maria Martinez-Cosio, Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell
July 10, 2013
Winner of the Community Development Society's 2014 Current Research Award! 21st Century Philanthropy and Community fills a gap in the literature on philanthropic organizations and how they intertwine with community development. Drawing first on the history of philanthropic funding, Maria ...
Theory, Practice, and Community Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Brennan, Jeffrey Birdger, Theodore Alter
July 10, 2013
For many scholars, the study of community and community development is at a crossroads. Previously dynamic theories appear not to have kept pace with the major social changes of our day. Given our constantly shifting social reality we need new ideas and research that pushes the boundaries of ...
Community Visioning Programs: Processes and Outcomes
1st Edition
Edited
By Norman Walzer, Gisele Hamm
March 08, 2012
Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of these strategies. Visioning involves collaborative goal setting to motivate actions – of planners,...