Doing Community Economic Development (Paperback)

Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays examine bottom-up, community economic-development strategies in a wide variety of contexts--as a means of improving lives in rural, and inner-city settings, shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people, and aimed at employment creation for the most marginalized. Most authors have employed a participatory research methodology, but all of the essays are the product of a broader, three-year community-university research collaboration. This same collaboration focuses on the strengths and difficulties of participatory, capacity-building strategies for those marginalized by the competitive, profit-seeking forces of capitalism. Many exciting initiatives with great potential are described and critically evaluated, along with on-the-ground descriptions of a wide variety of community economic-development projects, from urban aboriginal businesses to the rural and agricultural fields.

General

Imprint:	Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Editors:	John Loxley • Jim Silver • Kathleen Sexsmith
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
ISBN-13:	978-1-55266-221-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics
LSN:	1-55266-221-7
Barcode:	9781552662212

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