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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819493703321

Autore

Gittell Ross J. <1957->

Titolo

Community organizing : building social capital as a development strategy / / Ross Gittell and Avis Vidal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1998

ISBN

1-4522-3617-8

1-322-41317-7

0-8039-5792-0

1-4522-2121-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 196 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

VidalAvis

Disciplina

307.140973

Soggetti

Community development - United States

Community development corporations - United States

Community organization - United States

Social capital (Sociology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Social Capital and Networks in Community Development: Framing the LISC Demonstration -- Chapter 3 - A Social Capital Perspective on Community Development Practice -- Chapter 4 - Getting Off to a Good Start: Positioning the Program in the Field -- Chapter 5 - Organizing CDCs and Developing Indigenous Leadership -- Chapter 6 - Building Relationships with the Private Sector -- Chapter 7 - Transition and Its Consequences -- Chapter 8 - Lessons:Building Social Capital -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing new insight into an important community development challenge, this text looks at how to stimulate the formation of community-based organizations and effective citizen action in neighbourhoods.