Research Handbook on Community Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788118464 ISBN 13: 9781788118460

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

This timely Research Handbook offers new ways in which to navigate the diverse terrain of community development research. Contributions from leading experts unpack the foundations and history of community development research and look to its future, exploring innovative frameworks for conceptualizing community development.

Chapters consider the trajectories and impact of global community development research, offering critical insight into the methods and frameworks that are currently being used in the field. Covering varied topics, from housing and food availability, to revitalization and faith-based regeneration, this Research Handbook provides a broad and in-depth exploration of the state of the field today.

Comprehensive and unequivocally progressive, this is key reading for social and public policy researchers in need of an understanding of the current trends in community development research as well as practitioners and policymakers working on urban, rural and regional development.

Contributors include: N. Al Sader, K. Anacker, C.J.L. Balsas, L.J. Beaulieu, G. Bonilla-Santiago, E.A. Dobis, B.M. Elias, K. Flowers, S. Frimpong, J. Fursova, I. Garcia, F. Handy, B. Hofstedt, J.B. Hollander, J.G. Huff Jr., M.R. Islam, S. Khademi, R. Kleinhans, R.C. Knopf, P. Kraeger, I. Kumar, R. Lewis, D. Mason, J. McGrath, A. Meshkini, M. Norouzi, M. Page, C.B. Peterson, J. Reece, K.A. Rouf, M. Roseland, A.R. Russell, R.M. Silverman, M. Spiliotopoulou, C. Sutton-Brown-Fox, C.A. Talmage, H.L. Taylor, Jr., T.D. Thomas, G.H. Tonon, L. Townsend, D.P. Varady, C. Wallace, L. Yin

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About the Author

Edited by Rhonda Phillips, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Eric Trevan, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington and Patsy Kraeger, Associate Professor, California State University, Bakersfield, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788118464
• ISBN 13: 9781788118460
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Phillips Rhonda, Trevan Eric, Kraeger Patsy