The Community Development Reader, 2nd Edition

The Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader in the past thirty years that brings together practice, theory and critique concerning communities as sites of social change. With chapters written by some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field, the book presents a diverse set of perspectives on community development. These selections inform the reader about established and emerging community development institutions and practices as well as the main debates in the field. The second edition is significantly updated and expanded to include a section on globalization as well as new chapters on the foreclosure crisis, and emerging forms of community .

• An Introduction to Community Development
• Neighborhood Church: Transforming Your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission
• Asset Building & Community Development
• Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
• Housing Policy in the United States
• Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice
• GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook
• How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
• The Affordable Housing Reader
• Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide