Community Development and Public Administration Theory (eBook, PDF)

Promoting Democratic Principles to Improve Communities
Redaktion: Nickels, Ashley E.; Rivera, Jason D.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book will be of interest to practitioners and researchers in public administration/management, public administration theory, community development, economic development, urban sociology, urban politics, and urban planning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351396547
• Artikelnr.: 54008212

Autorenporträt

Ashley E. Nickels is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Kent State University. Nickels is an interdisciplinary scholar, whose work focuses on urban politics and policy, community-based organizations and organizing, and local democracy. Nickels' current research investigates the politics of municipal takeovers, focusing on policy design, implementation, and feedback. She is co-editor of Grand Rapids Grassroots: An Anthology (Belt) and co-editor of Feminist Pedagogy, Practice, and Activism (Routledge). Jason D. Rivera is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science (division of Public Administration) at SUNY Buffalo State. His research focuses on the institutional structures that have historically perpetuated social vulnerability within minority and low-income communities. He is also interested in social vulnerability to natural and manmade disasters with an emphasis on minority experiences. Prior to his arrival at SUNY Buffalo State, Rivera has taught Public Administration and Political Science at Rowan University and Rutgers University-Camden.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Community Comes First in Community Development Introduction:
Democratizing Community Development Policy & Administration Part 1: Values
and the Policy Environment 1. Defining and Aligning Community Development
and Public Administration: Using Administrative Practices and Design to
Better Communities 2. Calling for Community Control: Local Organizing and
Implications for Community Development Policy 3. Fiscal Emergency
Management in Michigan: A Misguided Policy Initiative 4. American Dream,
Democratic Nightmare: Refocusing Governmental Approaches to Housing Policy
Part 2: Serving Rather Than Steering 5. Improving the Citizen Participatory
Process in Community Economic Development 6. Representative Bureaucracy and
Community Development 7. The Impact of Microfinance Programs on Political
Participation: A Study of Rural Indian Women 8. Advocating Against the
Grain: Nonprofit Advocacy and Human Services 9. Overcoming the Tokenization
of People with Disabilities in Community Development Part 3: Thinking
Strategically, Acting Democratically 10. Cross Sector Community
Partnerships and the Growing Importance of High Capacity Nonprofits in
Urban Governance: A Case Study of Camden, New Jersey 11. Civic Engagement,
Community Development, and the Role of CSOs and Citizenship: A Case Study
of The Gambia 12. Community Development through Participatory, Engaged, and
Critical Analysis 13. Economic Development as if Low Income Communities
Mattered