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This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. The editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development.

This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway. Students and policymakers in local economic development, sociology of population change, business finance, political economy, and geography will find this a useful resource.

This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway. Students and policymakers in local economic development, sociology of population change, business finance, political economy, and geography will find this a useful resource.

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development over the past 50 years. The editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development.

This book analyses community owned businesses in countries around the world to show successful approaches and important strategies to improve access to essential services in vastly different economic contexts.

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development over the past 50 years. The editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development.

Collective Impact is intended to help community leaders engage participants in strategic planning initiatives. This book examines successful practices that apply CI principles to community development issues. It was first published as a special issue of the journal Community Development.

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Collective Impact (CI) is intended to help community leaders engage participants in strategic planning initiatives. This book examines successful practices that apply CI principles to a variety of community development issues including reducing poverty. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Community Development.

This edited volume sets forth conceptual foundations for using Collective Impact as well as shares basic approaches that have succeeded in projects under diverse circumstances.

This edited volume sets forth conceptual foundations for using Collective Impact as well as shares basic approaches that have succeeded in projects under diverse circumstances.

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The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture, employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries, the displacement of local small town business by large discount stores and shopping malls, overall population declines that threaten the viability of schools, hospitals, and other public institutions, along with an influx of minority groups that has led t...

Selected Contents: Part I. Overview1. Introduction and Overview, Norman Walzer2. The Changing Population of the Midwest: A Reflection on Opportunities, Paul Lasley and Margaret HansonPart II. Major Issues and Concerns3. Growth, Diversity, and Aging in the Midwest: An Examination of County Trends, 1990-2000, Andrew J. Sofranko and Mohamed M. Samy4. Population Trends and Impact on Viability, Thomas G. Johnson and James K. Scott5. Global Challeng...

Community visioning and strategic planning programmes have become increasingly important in recent years. This text describes local government programmes in ten states, examining the components of each programme and the factors contributing to each one's success.

Examining the main economic trends affecting rural areas today and the types of local programmes that are being implemented in response. The contributors to this text consider the lessening of federal government involvement and its long-term effects on states and localities.

Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development delves into the current thinking on local entrepreneurship development programs and evaluates ways in which practitioners can implement successful entrepreneurship practices. The discussion begins with a broad overview of the changing role of entrepreneurship initiatives in local economic development strategies, proceeds to examine major components of these programs, and concludes with important ...

Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development delves into the current thinking on local entrepreneurship development programs and evaluates ways in which practitioners can implement successful entrepreneurship practices. The discussion begins with a broad overview of the changing role of entrepreneurship initiatives in local economic development strategies, proceeds to examine major components of these programs, and concludes with important ...