Community Building in the Twenty-First Century

by Stanley E. Hyland

Overview

"Community" has long been a critical concept for social scientists, and never more so amid the growing economic inequity, natural and human disasters, and warfare of the opening years of the twenty-first century. In this volume, leading scholar-activists develop a conceptual framework for both the theory and practice of building communities. Rethinking the very concept in light of technological change and globalization, they examine local responses to worldwide trends, study the ways that communities generate and use resources, and evaluate existing theories and approaches to community building to determine the best strategies for fostering community strength and vitality. Their work with groups ranging from refugees, religious charities, and poor urban neighborhoods to tribal peoples, international corporations, and public health agencies demonstrates that local communities contain the seeds for a more desirable future and suggests how we may encourage those seeds to grow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930618626
Publisher:	School for Advanced Research Press
Publication date:	09/01/2005
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his book can make an important contribution to applied, practicing, and what is coming to be called engaged anthropology..." -- Donald R. Stull

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