Doing Community Economic Development - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552662217 ISBN 13: 9781552662212

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays examine bottom-up, community economic-development strategies in a wide variety of contexts―as a means of improving lives in rural, and inner-city settings, shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people, and aimed at employment creation for the most marginalized. Most authors have employed a participatory research methodology, but all of the essays are the Product of a broader, three-year community–university research collaboration. This same collaboration focuses on the strengths and difficulties of participatory, capacity-building strategies for those marginalized by the competitive, profit-seeking forces of capitalism. Many exciting initiatives with great potential are described and critically evaluated, along with on-the-ground descriptions of a wide variety of community economic-development projects, from urban aboriginal businesses to the rural and agricultural fields.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Silver is a professor emeritus at the University of Winnipeg and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Manitoba. He has published extensively on poverty and poverty-related issues — for example, social housing, street gangs, community development, and adult basic education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552662217
• ISBN 13: 9781552662212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Loxley John, Silver Jim, Sexsmith Kathleen