Mobilizing Communities: Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy

Book Overview

As communities face new social and economic challenges as well as political changes, the responsibilities for social services, housing needs, and welfare programs are being placed at the local government level. But can community-based organizations address these concerns effectively? The editors and contributors to "Mobilizing Communities" explore how these organizations are responding to these challenges, and how asset-based development efforts can be successful.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439900868
• ISBN13: 9781439900864
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"