A Framework And Strategy For Building The Community

Author : Peter G. Batchelor,Susan Willett
Publisher : Sipri Monograph
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198294131

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Disarmament and Defence Industrial Adjustment in South Africa by Peter G. Batchelor,Susan Willett Pdf

Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett analyse the response of the South African defence industry to drastic cuts in military expenditure and the demilitarization of society since the end of the cold war and apartheid, and the stabilization of the regional security situation. The new ANC-led government is seeking to use the resources released - the `peace dividend' - to restructure and revitalize the country's industrial base and to support reconstruction, development, and redistribution. A lively debate on the country's security needs and strategic doctrine is under way. As in other countries, strategies of industrial diversification and conversion have met with limited success. In the absence hitherto of any coherent government policy on defence industrial adjustment, significant skills and technologies have been lost or wasted. This book provides a historical analysis of South Africa's unique opportunity to develop new and innovative policies on defence and security matters, the arms industry and arms exports, and makes a valuable contribution to the international debate on the relationship between disarmament and development.

Author : Meredith Minkler
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0813534747

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Community Organizing and Community Building for Health by Meredith Minkler Pdf

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Author : R. Warren Flint
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461450993

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Practice of Sustainable Community Development by R. Warren Flint Pdf

Ordinary people, community leaders, and even organizations and corporations still do not fully comprehend the interconnected, “big picture” dynamics of sustainability theory and action. In exploring means to become more sustainable, individuals and groups need a reference in which to frame discussions so they will be relevant, educational, and successful when implemented. This book puts ideas on sustainable communities into a conceptual framework that will promote striking, transformational effects on decision-making. In this book practitioners and community leaders will find effective, comprehensive tools and resources at their finger-tips to facilitate sustainable community development (SCD). The book content examines a diverse range of SCD methods; assessing community needs and resources; creating community visions; promoting stakeholder interest and participation; analyzing community problems; designing and facilitating strategic planning; carrying out interventions to improve

Author : Robert J. Chaskin
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202364461

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Building Community Capacity by Robert J. Chaskin Pdf

This book focuses on a gap in current social work practice theory: community change. Much work in this area of macro practice, particularly around "grassroots" community organizing, has a somewhat dated feel to it, is highly ideological in orientation, or suffers from superficiality, particularly in the area of theory and practical application. Set against the context of an often narrowly constructed "clinical" emphasis on practice education, coupled with social work's own current rendering of "scientific management," community practice often takes second or third billing in many professional curricula despite its deep roots in the overall field of social welfare. Drawing on extensive case study data from three significant community-building initiatives, program data from numerous other community capacity-building efforts, key informant interviews, and an excellent literature review, Chaskin and his colleagues draw implications for crafting community change strategies as well as for creating and sustaining the organizational infrastructure necessary to support them. The authors bring to bear the perspectives of a variety of professional disciplines including sociology, urban planning, psychology, and social work. Building Community Capacity takes a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to a subject of wide and current concern: the role of neighborhood and community structures in the delivery of human services or, as the authors put it, "a place where programs and problems can be fitted together." Social work scholars and students of community practice seeking new conceptual frameworks and insights from research to inform novel community interventions will find much of value in Building Community Capacity.

Author : Jono Bacon
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449379315

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The Art of Community by Jono Bacon Pdf

Online communities offer a wide range of opportunities today, whether you're supporting a cause, marketing a product or service, or developing open source software. The Art of Community will help you develop the broad range of talents you need to recruit members to your community, motivate and manage them, and help them become active participants. Author Jono Bacon offers a collection of experiences and observations from his decade-long involvement in building and managing communities, including his current position as manager for Ubuntu, arguably the largest community in open source software. You'll discover how a vibrant community can provide you with a reliable support network, a valuable source of new ideas, and a powerful marketing force. The Art of Community will help you: Develop a strategy, with specific objectives and goals, for building your community Build simple, non-bureaucratic processes to help your community perform tasks, work together, and share successes Provide tools and infrastructure that let contributors work quickly Create buzz around your community to get more people involved Track the community's work so it can be optimized and simplified Explore a capable, representative governance strategy for your community Identify and manage conflict, including dealing with divisive personalities

Author : Rhonda Phillips,Robert Pittman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134482320

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An Introduction to Community Development by Rhonda Phillips,Robert Pittman Pdf

Beginning with the foundations of community development, An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors’ own teaching, and through the training they provide for practicing planners, it enables students to begin making connections between academic study and practical know-how from both private and public sector contexts. An Introduction to Community Development shows how planners can utilize local economic interests and integrate finance and marketing considerations into their strategy. Most importantly, the book is strongly focused on outcomes, encouraging students to ask: what is best practice when it comes to planning for communities, and how do we accurately measure the results of planning practice? This newly revised and updated edition includes: increased coverage of sustainability issues, discussion of localism and its relation to community development, quality of life, community well-being and public health considerations, and content on local food systems. Each chapter provides a range of reading materials for the student, supplemented with text boxes, a chapter outline, keywords, and reference lists, and new skills based exercises at the end of each chapter to help students turn their learning into action, making this the most user-friendly text for community development now available.

Author : James F. McKenzie,Brad L Neiger,Rosemary Thackeray
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781284228649

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Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs by James F. McKenzie,Brad L Neiger,Rosemary Thackeray Pdf

"This book is written for students who are enrolled in their first professional course in health promotion program planning. It is designed to help them understand and develop the skills necessary to carry out program planning regardless of the setting. This book is unique among the health promotion planning textbooks on the market in that it provides readers with both theoretical and practical information"--

Author : Bayraktar, Ahmet,Uslay, Can
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522505808

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Strategic Place Branding Methodologies and Theory for Tourist Attraction by Bayraktar, Ahmet,Uslay, Can Pdf

Drawing the attention of tourists to different destinations around the world assists in the overall economic health of the targeted region by increasing revenue and attracting investment opportunities, as well as increasing cultural awareness of the area’s population. Strategic Branding Methodologies and Theory for Tourist Attraction investigates international perspectives and promotional strategies in the topic area of place branding. Highlighting theoretical concepts and marketing techniques being utilized in the endorsement of various destinations, regions, and cities around the world, this publication is a pivotal reference source for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, students, and professionals.

Author : Tina Nabatchi,John Gastil
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780199899289

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Democracy in Motion by Tina Nabatchi,John Gastil Pdf

Democracy in Motion uses theory, research, and practice to comprehensively explore what we know, how we know it, and what remains to be understood about deliberative civic engagement. The book is useful to scholars, practitioners, public officials, activists, and citizens who seek to utilize deliberative civic engagement in their communities.

Author : Michael W-P Fortunato,Theodore R. Alter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351623391

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Entrepreneurship, Community, and Community Development by Michael W-P Fortunato,Theodore R. Alter Pdf

While entrepreneurship is widely cited as playing a key role in economic development, job creation, and advances in well-being in capitalist nations, there has been an overwhelming focus on the firm, firm founders, and founders’ strategies and decision-making processes. Only more recently, the important link between communities and entrepreneurs has emerged as a new frontier in entrepreneurship research. This book brings the emerging nexus between community and entrepreneur to light by exploring the mutual impact that communities and entrepreneurs have on one another. It focuses on how entrepreneurship development can push beyond the traditional emphasis on economic growth: from enriching the local lifestyle to building self-sufficiency; from attracting new markets to rediscovering traditional work; from the highest tech enterprises to the most ancient crafts and trades. The authors cover a wide variety of topics including rural community entrepreneurship development and culture, innovation and regional development, community-based enterprise learning, and urban revitalization strategies. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Community Development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : NYPL:33433082898234

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Official SADC Trade, Industry, and Investment Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Southern African Development Community
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070219196

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A Framework and Strategy for Building the Community by Southern African Development Community Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : NYPL:33433078213414

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SAMHSA News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charlie French
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000538397

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Building Rural Community Resilience Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Charlie French Pdf

Drawing from empirical analyses, case studies, and a synthesis of best practices, this book explores how innovation manifests itself in rural places and how it contributes to entrepreneurial development and resilience. Innovation in rural places may come about as a result of new forms of collaboration; policies that leverage rural assets and address critical service or product gaps; novel strategies for accessing financial capital; infusion of arts into aspects of community life; and cultivation of networks that bridge entrepreneurs, organizations, and institutions. The chapters illustrate how a number of innovation-related characteristics relate to economic vibrancy in rural places such as a strong connection to the arts, adaptive and sustainable use of natural resources, value-chain integrated food systems, robust bridging social capital networks, creative leveraging of technology, and presence of innovation-focused entrepreneurs. Through exploration of these and other topics, this book will provide insights and best practices for rural community and economic development scholars and practitioners seeking to strengthen the rural innovation ecosystem.

Author : Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0803957920

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Community Organizing by Ross J. Gittell,Avis Vidal Pdf

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.