Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model

by Herbert J. Rubin

Book Overview

Builds upon the narratives of community development activists to describe how they bring about affordable, quality housing, commercial opportunities and empowerment within poor areas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791445542
• ISBN13: 9780791445549
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Sociology Text

This book I read for a Sociology course. It was a decent reading. If you purchase this one I definitely suggest purchasing "More Than Houses". Renewing hope breaks down regionally how lower class families are isolated and need help to break the wicked cycle.