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Navigating community development = harnessing comparative advantages to create strategic partnerships /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Navigating community development/ by Robert O. Zdenek, Dee Walsh.
Reminder of title:	harnessing comparative advantages to create strategic partnerships /
Author:	Zdenek, Robert O.
other author:	Walsh, Dee.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US : : 2017.,
Description:	xxv, 288 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Community development. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47701-9
ISBN:	9781137477019

Navigating community development = harnessing comparative advantages to create strategic partnerships /
Zdenek, Robert O.

Navigating community developmentharnessing comparative advantages to create strategic partnerships /[electronic resource] :by Robert O. Zdenek, Dee Walsh. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2017. - xxv, 288 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

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 Navigating Community Development.

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 and strengths, organizations can bring their specialized areas of expertise to address complex and interconnected community challenges, and effectively meet their missions and objectives.

ISBN: 9781137477019

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-47701-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

558771
Community development.

LC Class. No.: HN49.C6 / Z34 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 307.14

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