| Description |
xii, 449 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Comprehensive community initiatives --The revitalization of impoverished communities / Patricia L. Ewalt -- Countering Urban disinvestment through community-building initiatives / Arthur J. Naparstek and Dennis -- Implementing comprehensive community development: possiblilities and limitations -- Robert J. Chaskin, Mark L. Joseph, and Selma Chipenda-Dansokho -- Youths and communities: toward comprehensive strategies for youth development / William H. Barton, Marie Watkins, and Roger Jarjoura -- Part II. Economic revitalization and community self-sufficiency -- Asset building as a community revitalization strategy / Deborah Page-Adams and Michael Sherraden -- Effects of assets on attitudes and behaviors: advance test of a social policy proposal / Gautam N. Yadama and Michael Sherraden -- Problems and prospects of self-employment as an economic independence option for welfare recipients / Salome Raheim -- Role of Latina owned beauty parlors in a Latino community / Melvin Delgado -- Part III. Community action through collaborations -- Nonprofit organizations and innovation: a model of neighborhood based collaboration to prevent child maltreatment / Elizabeth A. Mulroy and Sharon Shay -- Strengthening neighborhoods by developing community networks / John D. Morrison, Joy Howard, Casey Johnson, Francisco J. Navarro, Beth Plachetka, and Tony Bell -- Assessing the impact of community violence on children and youths / Neil B. Guterman and Mark Cameron -- The little village project: a community approach to the gang problem / Irving A. Spergel and Susan F. Frossman -- Part IV. Community action through affiliations -- Elizabeth Ross Haynes: an African American reformer of womanist consciousness, 1908-1940 / Iris Carlton-LaNey -- Making a difference: women of action in the community / Marciline M.Lazzari, Holly R. Ford, and Kelly J. Haughey -- The politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act / Lou Matheson -- Kinship Care: the African American response to family preservation / Maria-Scannapieco and Sondra Jackson -- Inner City youths helping children: after school programs to promote bonding and reduce risk / Julie O'Donnell, Elizabeth A. Michalak, and Ellen B. Ames -- Community asset assessments by Latino youths / Melvin Delgado -- Strengths based practice with Puerto Rican adolescents: lessons from a substance abuse prevention project / Melvin Delgado -- Sociopolitical antecedents to Stonewall: analysis of the origins of the gay rights movement in the United States / Cynthia Cannon Poindexter -- |
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Community development.
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Human services.
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| Added Author |
Ewalt, Patricia L.
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Freeman, Edith M.
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Poole, Dennis L.
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| ISBN |
0871012928 paperback alkaline paper |
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