This is our backup site. Click here to visit our main site at MellenPress.com
African American Community Development (with Twelve Case Studies)
| Author: | Harris, Sr., William | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Pages: | 268 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2614-0 978-0-7734-2614-6 | |
| Price: | $199.95 | |
A fresh and needed perspective to Black and inner city communities that have suffered from lack of development and investment. The book offers a reasoned and demonstrated approach to the oppressed African American community as a means of self improvement in the hope of achieving self-reliance and
independence for a better quality of life.
independence for a better quality of life.
Reviews
“… does a service in describing various forms of community development and the many definitions of community. As the book covers these issues, it makes a contribution to the debate about community development in some of the nation’s most deprived neighborhoods. It reveals a substantial and innovative approach that warrants perusal and consideration.” – Prof. Sigmund C. Shipp Hunter College and Prof. Jeffrey S. Lowe, University of Memphis
Table of Contents
Foreword by Sigmund C. Shipp, Ph.D. and Jeffrey S. Lowe Ph.D.
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Community Development: History and Meaning
Emotive Community
Physical or Material Community
Action Community
Meanings of Community Development
Historical Antecedents
The Interstate Highway System
Demolition for Urban Renewal
The Civil Rights Era
Chapter 2: African American Presence in the Nation’s Development
Conditions of Oppression
African American Development Leadership
Self-Help Initiatives
Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives of Community Development
Model of Community Development
Chapter 4: Community Development Practices: Case Studies
Family-Focused Community-Building Case
Faith-Based Organization Case
United Way Case
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Case
Costa Rica Case
St. John Case
University City Case
First Nations Case
Papua New Guinea Case
Black Southern Rural Case (A)
Black Southern Rural Case (B)
HIV/AIDS Confrontation Case
Black Faith-Based Case
African American Case Summary
Chapter 5: Roles for Community Development Participants
Public Education Problems
Housing Problems
Health Problems
Transportation Problems
Summary of Problems
Citizen Roles
Challenges of Change
Chapter: Implications for African American Communities
Introduction
Middle Option-Phase I (Mission and Vision)
Middle Option-Phase II (SWOT Analysis)
Middle Option-Phase III (Alternative Action)
Middle Option-Phase IV (Evaluation)
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Introduction
Community Uncovered
Antecedent for Success
Significance of African Americans
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Community Development: History and Meaning
Emotive Community
Physical or Material Community
Action Community
Meanings of Community Development
Historical Antecedents
The Interstate Highway System
Demolition for Urban Renewal
The Civil Rights Era
Chapter 2: African American Presence in the Nation’s Development
Conditions of Oppression
African American Development Leadership
Self-Help Initiatives
Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives of Community Development
Model of Community Development
Chapter 4: Community Development Practices: Case Studies
Family-Focused Community-Building Case
Faith-Based Organization Case
United Way Case
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Case
Costa Rica Case
St. John Case
University City Case
First Nations Case
Papua New Guinea Case
Black Southern Rural Case (A)
Black Southern Rural Case (B)
HIV/AIDS Confrontation Case
Black Faith-Based Case
African American Case Summary
Chapter 5: Roles for Community Development Participants
Public Education Problems
Housing Problems
Health Problems
Transportation Problems
Summary of Problems
Citizen Roles
Challenges of Change
Chapter: Implications for African American Communities
Introduction
Middle Option-Phase I (Mission and Vision)
Middle Option-Phase II (SWOT Analysis)
Middle Option-Phase III (Alternative Action)
Middle Option-Phase IV (Evaluation)
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Introduction
Community Uncovered
Antecedent for Success
Significance of African Americans
Notes
Bibliography
Index