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Navigating Community Development : Harnessing Comparative Advantages to Create Strategic Partnerships /

This book describes the evolution of the community development sector over the past 50 years, and it presents a framework and road map for how community development organizations can advance their mission through strategic partnerships that utilize their core competencies. The authors describe the c...

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Main Authors: Zdenek, Robert O
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Walsh, Dee
Published: Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Leadership
Development Economics
Regional economics
Spatial economics
Urban economics
Economics
Business Strategy/Leadership
Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises
Regional/Spatial Science
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47701-9
Summary: This book describes the evolution of the community development sector over the past 50 years, and it presents a framework and road map for how community development organizations can advance their mission through strategic partnerships that utilize their core competencies. The authors describe the current community development ecosystem, define a range of essential community development competencies, and demonstrate, through seven case studies, how using comparative advantages built on core competencies can improve outcomes for communities. By recognizing and leading with their competencies
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXV, 288 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781137477019
Index Number: HD72
CLC: F061.3
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Important Work of Community Development -- 3. The Background and History of Community Development Organizations -- 4. Understanding the Community Development Ecosystem -- 5. Community Development Core Competencies -- 6. Advancing Community Development through Competencies and Comparative Advantages -- 7. Case Studies of Partnerships Utilizing Comparative Advantages -- 8. Lessons from the Case Studies -- 9. The Community Development Ecosystem: The Next Generation -- 10. Implications for Community Development Practice -- 11. Recommendations and Guide Posts for Navigat

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