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Author: Paul Wilkinson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780802078575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on four co-operatives in the Evangeline region, an Acadian community on Prince Edward Island, the authors discuss why some co-operatives succeed while others fail.
Author: Paul Wilkinson
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Neil McInroy
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Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"First articulated by The Democracy Collaborative (TDC) in 2005, community wealth building (CWB) transforms local economies based on communities having direct ownership and control of their assets. CWB takes progressive elements across all sectors of a local economy, like community land trusts, worker cooperatives, public banking, anchor institutions and more--elements that have previously only existed as one-offs--and supercharges their power, connecting and scaling them in a systemic way through policy development, institutional design, and ecosystems of support that change people's lives and the economic future of our communities. It does so in coordination with local governments, economic development teams, anchor institutions, labor unions, and community leaders ... On the following pages, you will read how CWB uniquely meets the crises of our time. You will learn about the powerful historical context behind its ideas, from the early progressive and cooperative movements through to the civil rights movement. And you will see how this model is already reshaping cities and communities across the globe, including a landmark opportunity in Chicago" -- Page 4.
Author: Jim Lotz
Publisher: Cape Breton University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780920336984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book deals with a new role that has emerged as communities all over the world struggle to gain more control over their destinies as globalization accelerates. Community entrepreneurs create organizations that encourage people to learn their way out of poverty, dependency and marginalization. By participating in such innovative ventures, individuals become more self-sustaining and able to create good lives for themselves and others in their own communities or wherever the choose to settle. Sustainable People moves discussion about social and economic change from abstract terms such as "community" and "development" by focusing on what individuals and groups are actually doing to encourage personal and community development, it documents the background of the role of the entrepreneur, the kinds of organizations they create, their learning process and the moral basis of their initiatives.
Author: James DeFilippis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-06
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1135943621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguing against those who say that our communities are powerless in the face of footloose corporations, DeFilippis considers what localities can do in the face of heightened capital mobility in order to retain an autonomy that furthers egalitarian social justice, and explores how we go about accomplishing this in practical, political terms.
Author: Francis J. Turner
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 2009-07-23
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 1554588073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll of us, as Canadians, are touched throughout our lives by some aspect of social welfare, either as recipients, donors, or taxpayers. But despite the importance of the social network in our country, there has been no single source of information about this critical component of our society. Even professionals in the field of social work or social services have not had a comprehensive volume addressing the myriad features of this critical societal structure. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work fills this need. Over five hundred topics important to Canadian social work are covered, written by a highly diverse group of social workers covering all aspects of the field and all areas of the country. Practitioners, policy makers, academics, social advocates, researchers, students, and administrators present a rich overview of the complexity and diversity of social work and social welfare as it exists in Canada. The principal finding from this project underscores the long-held perception that there is a Canadian model of social work that is unique and stands as a useful model to other countries. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work will be an important source of information, both to Canadians and to interested groups around the world. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work is available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.
Author: Jenna Allard
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 443
ISBN-13: 0615194893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe emergence of the global grassroots economic structural reform movement known as the Solidarity Economy. This book contain the core papers, discussion and debates on the topic at the U.S. Social Forum of 10,000 people in Atlanta in the summer of 2007.
Author: Norman Walzer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-12-17
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1000208648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter, Community Development, the editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development. The evolution of community development as an area of scholarship and application, and the subsequent founding of the discipline, is vital to capture. At the 50-year mark, it is particularly relevant to revisit issues that reoccur throughout the last five decades and look at approaches to addressing them. These include issues and themes around equity and inclusion, collective impact, leadership and policy development, as well as resilience and sustainability. Community change over time has much to teach us, and this set will provide a foundation for fostering understanding of the history of community development and its focus on community change. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Community Development.
Author: Vanna Gonzales
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-21
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 1317850572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn celebration of cooperatives’ contributions to community development processes and outcomes worldwide, the United Nations designated 2012 as the Year of the Cooperative. Today, as in the past, cooperatives have proved effective in bringing people and organizations together to accomplish a broad array of goals related to fostering social and economic innovation, protecting communities against poor living and working conditions, and promoting a better quality of life. Analytically, as both a movement and as a business model, cooperatives hold much potential for generating the types of synergies, collaboration, and productive and social processes that enable community development to thrive in a variety of local, regional and global contexts. This collection of articles chronicles new developments in the ways in which cooperatives are used in a diverse array of community contexts. They offer insight as to what these changes mean, both empirically and theoretically, for community development in the decades to come. This book is a compilation of articles published in the journal Community Development.
Author: Patricia W. Murphy
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2003-01-23
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0761904158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombines solid research, observation, and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for both local place-based development and greater citizen involvement.
