Turning the Tide on Poverty

Herausgeber: Beaulieu, Lionel J; Diebel, Alice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights the experiences of fourteen high poverty communities in the rural South that accepted the invitation to be part of the Turning the Tide on Poverty (Tide) initiative. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Community Development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780367251949
• ISBN-10: 0367251949
• Artikelnr.: 56974293

Autorenporträt

Lionel J. Beaulieu is Director of the Center for Regional Development at Purdue University, USA. Alice Diebel is a Senior Associate at the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, focusing on deliberative democracy and community development.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface: Bringing Hope 2. History, theoretical frameworks, and methods
3. Community climate in economically distressed rural communities 4.
Perceptions of leaders and leadership in economically distressed
communities 5. Community champions as critical elements of success in
economically distressed communities 6. Sustainability of community
engagement in economically distressed communities 7. The role of the
Cooperative Extension Service in the initiative 8. Documenting impacts
through Ripple Effect Mapping 9. Strategies and challenges related to
tackling poverty in rural communities in the South