The Community Development Reader [Paperback]

James DeFilippis (Author), Susan Saegert (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415954290 | ISBN-13: 978-0415954297 | Publication Date: November 11, 2007 | Edition: 1

The Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader addressing community development. Community development has become a significant component of urban political economies in the past thirty years. This Reader is an ambitious volume bringing together history, theory and power dynamics. It does not just promote the model of community development but also addresses the messiness of community development.

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About the Author

James DeFilippis is an Assistant Professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He received his PhD in Geography from Rutgers University in 2000, and his BA in Political Science and Geography from the University of Vermont in 1993. He is the author of Unmaking Goliath: Community Control in the Face of Global Capital (Routledge Press, 2004), which was named the "Best Book In Urban Politics, 2004" by the American Political Science Association. He has also published many articles and reports on housing, community development, urban politics, and local economic development.

Susan Saegert is Director of the Center for Human Environments (CHE) and Professor of Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she was also the first director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1973 and her B.A. with honors in government from the University of Texas in 1968. Dr. Saegert has published five books including Social capital in poor communities with Phil Thompson and Mark Warren (Russell Sage, 2001), and From abandonment to hope: community households in Harlem , with Jackie Leavitt (Columbia University Press, 1990). She has also published over fifty articles and book chapters on environmental psychology, women and the environment, crowding, environmental stress, and housing and health, as well as social capital.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415954290
• ISBN-13: 978-0415954297
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweeping and comprehensive, January 9, 2008

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Norma Lazar (Queens, N.Y.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Community Development Reader (Paperback)

A must read for students and teachers in the field of community development. The anthology is an extremelly well edited and comprehensive compilation of articles. They are not only useful, but timely and vital to anyone interested in the problems and solutions of the urban community.