Doing Community Economic Development - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552662217 ISBN 13: 9781552662212

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays critically examine bottom-up, community economic development strategies in a wide variety of contexts: as a means of improving lives in northern, rural and inner-city settings; shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people; aimed at employment creation for the most marginalized. most authors have employed a participatory research methodology. The essays are the product of a broader, three-year community-university research collaboration with a focus on the strengths and difficulties of participatory, capacity-building strategies for those marginalized by the competitive, profit-seeking forces of capitalism. no easy answers are offered, but many exciting initiatives with great potential are described and critically evaluated.

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About the Authors

John Loxley was a professor of economics at the University of Manitoba and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as an economic advisor to the governments of Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Mozambique and Manitoba, and the incoming government of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, as well as a number of international institutions.

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.

KATHLEEN SEXSMITH is studying international development at the University of Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552662217
• ISBN 13: 9781552662212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Loxley John, Silver Jim, Sexsmith Kathleen