Navigating Community Development Harnessing Comparative Advantages to Create Strategic Partnerships /

• Main Authors: Zdenek, Robert O. (Author), Walsh, Dee (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Leadership.; Development economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Urban economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Urban Economics.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises.; Regional/Spatial Science.

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...

Table of 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 Navigating Community Development. .