Introduction to Community Development: Theory, Practice, and Service-Learning

Robinson, Jerry W.; Green, Gary Paul

ISBN 10: 1412974623 / ISBN 13: 9781412974622

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

Beschreibung

Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3IIT7G005Y09_ns

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Community Development: Theory, Practice, and Service-Learning
• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1412974623
• ISBN-13: 9781412974622
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Acceptable

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This text provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field. Bringing together leading scholars, it provides both a conceptual background and contemporary approaches, with a progression from

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jerry W. Robinson, Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology, Emeritus at Delta State University (DSU) and Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1994, Robinson accepted an endowed Chair in Economic and Community Development at DSU. At Delta State, he founded the Center for Community and Economic Development. He is known around the world for his creativity in developing and leading practical and multi-disciplinary programs in human relations, organizational development, and leadership and community development. He has written a dozen books on organizational development, human relations, stress and wellness, leadership and community development, and traffic safety. His research has been published in The ABA Journal, American Sociological Review, The Economic Development Review, The Community Development Journal, Rural Sociology, and Social Forces.

Gary Paul Green is a professor in the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a community development specialist in the Center for Community & Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Green’s teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of community and economic development. In addition to his work in the U.S., he has been involved in community and economic development research and teaching in China, New Zealand, South Korea, Uganda, and Ukraine.