Introduction to Community Development

Community development has evolved over the past few decades into a recognized discipline of interest to both practitioners and academicians. However, community development is defined in many different ways. Most practitioners think of community development as an outcome – physical, social, and economic improvement in a community – while most academicians think of community development as a process – the ability of communities to act collectively and enhancing the ability to do so.

Subtopics covered during this week are as under:

1. Working definition of community development

2. Evolution of community development as a discipline

3. Forms of community capital

 

Readings

Phillips, R., & Pittman, R. H. (2009). A framework for community and economic development. In R. Phillips & R. H. Pittman (Eds.), An Introduction to Community Development. Routledge.

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