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Community Economic Development (Hardcover)
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Community Economic Development (Hardcover)
Series: Community Development - Current Issues Series
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The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted,
having an array of antecedents, impacts, and implications. This
volume explores the relationships between economic development and
community development, focusing on the aspects that impact
communities such as social capital, participation, and business
development. It discusses the need for aligning the goals of
community betterment more closely with economic improvement and
finding ways to enhance leadership and other resources. Including
both current contributions and "classics," the evolution of the
relationship between' and roles of, the two kinds of development is
explored. The articles in the volume present several theoretical
perspectives of development. Most common among them are sustainable
economic development and social capital theories. Utilizing these
theories and data from various sources, the authors are able to
suggest specific development strategies for improving community
economic and quality of life outcomes. The volume offers an
exploration of directions for future research, including the need
for more theoretical and empirical work on the role of amenity
development on rural community economic and quality-of- life
outcomes. Practitioners of community and economic development,
along with researchers and students will find this volume useful
and relevant for both theory and application. This book is a
compilation of articles published in the Journal of the Community
Development Society.
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