Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets [Paperback]

John P. Kretzmann (Author), John L. McKnight (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1993

This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the U.S. It outlines what local communities can do to start their own journies down the path of asset-based development.

Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: ACTA Publications; 1 edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087946108X
• ISBN-13: 978-0879461089
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Urban Planning & Development

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103 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kretzmann and McKnight help us see through new eyes., March 25, 1999

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This review is from: Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (Paperback)

Building Communities from the Inside Out guides readers to a new, asset-based approach to community building that proves everyone has a gift to share. The book offers practical advice, helpful tools, and powerful stories that help us see communities in new ways--as treasure troves of talent. Kretzmann and McKnight's front-line experience working with neighborhoods across America has created a vital tool for transforming city blocks into neighborhoods and isolated residents into change agents. For anyone who longs to make a difference, this book is a MUST! I am a partner in a consulting firm that guides healthy community initiatives across America--this book is one of my most valued resources.

48 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary new paradigm for community development, October 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (Paperback)

Graphics a little clunky. Besides that, this is an outstanding book, with outstanding success stories and ideas, on building local "capacity" to handle projects. Everyone in the field, in my area, is excited about the ideas in this book. The authors are even better in person. You cannot understand the field without the ideas in this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful information in a variety of settings, July 15, 2009

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This review is from: Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (Paperback)

Asset-based analysis of communities can be used in working to fortify a variety of underfunctioning or dysfunctional environments. This approach to community building can also be applied to families, businesses, and government. The information is practical and well-organized for optimal understanding and use.