Journal of the Community Development Society

Community informatics, a comparatively new discipline, is the study of information and communication technology (ICT) in community development work. Michael Gurstein (2000,p. 1) defines community informatics as "a technology strategy or discipline...

This special issue on Entrepreneurship in Community Development is edited by Norman Walzer, a long time friend of community development and the Journal of the Community Development Society. We thank Norm for soliciting the articles, overseeing their...

ABSTRACT This article examines the concept of building entrepreneurial communities as a strategy for community economic development. It begins by attempting to define what is meant by the term "entrepreneurial community" and to clarify how economic...

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the interaction between social capital and entrepreneurship in Aboriginal communities in Canada. Using statistical and interview data from three First Nations communities in northern Ontario, I examine if and how bonding...

ABSTRACT The Heartland Center for Leadership Development and the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship propose a new approach to helping distressed communities build on their assets to grow their own jobs and businesses. Using lessons gleaned from case...

ABSTRACT The literature on entrepreneurship emphasizes the importance of the characteristics of individual entrepreneurs, their social networks, and the broader economic, cultural and political institutional landscape. In Slovakia and many of the...

ABSTRACT This paper attempts a parsimonious definition of community development. It proposes that the purpose of community development is the pursuit of solidarity and agency by adhering to the principles of self-help, felt needs and participation....

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the level of concern indicated by older people regarding issues of growth and change, based on whether they were newcomers to their community or longtime residents. Participants consisted of 443...

ABSTRACT Citizen participation in community development, including economic development, is vital for a viable democratic society to flourish. As more U.S. cities shift some or all of their economic development efforts from the city government to...

This issue of the Journal of the Community Development Society includes four articles that go to the heart of the theoretical foundation of community development--civic involvement. This term is a broad umbrella for concepts about the way individuals...

ABSTRACT Participatory approaches currently occupy a prominent position in community development practice. However, despite the claims made for the benefits of participation for community members and practitioners alike, critical reflections on...

ABSTRACT Development organizations are emphasizing the use of women's groups to improve socioeconomic welfare and empower women at the household and community levels. This study looks at income-generating activities (IGAs) of women in a small rural...

ABSTRACT Recruiting retirees is a popular economic development strategy for rural communities. Previous research finds positive economic and fiscal impacts in communities, but it tends to assume that the elderly are homogeneous and to concentrate...

This issue includes a set of papers that share the theme of research on community development practice. It is fitting that this second issue of the Journal of the Community Development Society under my editorship has this focus, following the first...

ABSTRACT In the present political environment, there is an interest in developing policies aimed at building capacity for community efficacy: the ability of a local population to come together and act collectively in pursuit of a generalized...

ABSTRACT Leadership development programs help communities to address today's complex challenges. Such programs frequently emphasize the importance of collaborating with others to effect long-term, positive change. The costs and demands of operating...

ABSTRACT Many Rocky Mountain States are experiencing unprecedented conversion of agricultural land to residential use. An early 1980s oil boom in Uinta County. Wyoming, set a precedent for rapid, unmanaged growth. Recent population growth and...

This Special Issue on Community Development Theory is a major accomplishment for the Journal of the Community Development Society, as well as for the field of community development. Ron Hustedde as the first Special Issue Editor has done a fantastic...

ABSTRACT The major point of this article is that the multidisciplinary field of community development needs some common theoretical concepts for community development practice. The authors examine three major limitations of theory for community...

ABSTRACT Concepts and research from community psychology can inform community development practice by reframing social capital theory. Social capital (SC) is generally defined and measured at the interpersonal, community, institutional, or societal...

ABSTRACT This paper considers the current concept of community and provides a brief overview of the historical context of British community work with reference to "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches. The top-down approach has roots in Victorian...

ABSTRACT Empowerment as a process in leadership education is seen as fundamental to community development. Often, empowerment is considered only from the individual, psychological perspective in community development interventions. That is, practitioners...

Scott McLean, Lori Ebbesen, Kathryn Green, Bruce Reeder, David Butler-Jones, and Sheilagh Steer Capacity for Community Development: An Approach to Conceptualization and Measurement. Omitted references, vol. 32, no. 2. Hawe, P., M. Noort, L....

Looking Back Over the past five years as editor of the Journal of the Community Development Society I have had a unique opportunity to observe directions taken in various research topics and academic disciplines. This observation has been based...

ABSTRACT Classic studies of community power, carried out using different methods in different communities, sparked debate between "elitists" and "pluralists." This debate has not been resolved despite the fact that recent studies point to new conceptualizations...

ABSTRACT The hand delivery of self-administered questionnaires has been presented as an alternative for reducing non-coverage error associated with the mail method at lower cost than face-to-face interviews. This research note draws from experiences...

ABSTRACT This study explores the views of nonprofit agency board members about current status and issues related to board diversity. Trends in agency growth and complexity and turbulence in agency environments are described. Board members view their...

ABSTRACT Data were collected in the fall of 1997 from people living near the Kokosing Gap Trail in Northeast Central Ohio to assess perceived socioeconomic impacts of the recreation facility on local community groups. Survey methodology was used...

With the publication of Volume 32 (Nos. 1 & 2), I will complete my term as editor. Dr. Ted Bradshaw, University of California-Davis, has been appointed editor and will assume responsibility for the Journal beginning with Volume 33. To facilitate...

ABSTRACT Sprawling patterns of dispersed residential and commercial development are seen as wasteful of land, expensive to service, automobile-dependent, environmentally harmful, and, ultimately, community-defeating. The state of Maryland has enacted...

ABSTRACT The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania were studied by Walter Kollmorgen as part of the Rural Life Study series conducted in 1940 by the Bureau of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kollmorgen's 1942 study provides...

ABSTRACT Fiscal impact analysis, which is intended to estimate the impact of a development or land use change on the costs and revenues of governmental units serving the development, is used in a variety of planning contexts. The technique is commonly...

ABSTRACT Knowledge management practices have had a huge impact on the private sector, and no doubt the principles grounded in knowledge management will benefit communities as they build social and organizational networks to further their community...

This issue includes a series of articles which resulted from a call for papers on the theory and practice of community development with diverse populations. This initiative, which was funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, resulted in an interesting...

ABSTRACT Residents and identified community leaders from two rural Mississippi Delta communities were studied to determine the extent to which diverse groups of this region advocate the same needs of, perceived attitudes toward, and approaches within...

ABSTRACT Hispanic Americans account for an increasing share of the population in rural areas and are considered the fastest growing rural minority group. Communities with proportionately higher concentrations of Hispanics tend to have greater poverty,...

ABSTRACT Several questions are addressed in this article. How have welfare changes related to food assistance affected a specific reservation community, the Northern Cheyenne Nation, and what are the implications of these changes for community development?...

ABSTRACT This article considers research conducted in diverse-population neighborhoods as part of an ongoing series of projects to facilitate neighborhood association involvement in community planning and neighborhood redevelopment. We discuss three...

ABSTRACT In today's increasingly global world, rural and urban communities can no longer rely upon the policies and practices of the past. Citizens must overcome major challenges as businesses and communities retool and restructure under the fierce...

ABSTRACT This study examines community economic development (CED) initiatives and focuses on community shared agriculture (CSA) as an alternative form of farming to industrialized agriculture. CSA connects the farmers directly with consumers, such...

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on diversity as it exists in community development practice. The authors present the conclusions of a three-year, qualitative study of community development practice conducted in eight countries. Data were collected by...

As in our last several volumes, this issue of the Journal has a range of articles that will be of interest to our readers. It begins with an article focusing on American Indian casino gambling which reports on the experiences of several western tribes....

ABSTRACT Antell, Blevins, and Jensen present a useful description of the policy conflicts between Indian casino gambling and tribal sovereignty. However, they fail to distinguish casino gaming as a form of community versus economic development in...

We welcome the comments of Richards and Snipp and appreciate the opportunity to clarify and expand on several issues raised by the reviewers of the Antell, Blevins, and Jensen paper on Indian casino gambling. We are in complete agreement with both...

ABSTRACT The development of rural policy and community services for rural families depends on greater understanding of how families cope with economic change. Survey responses from 1,611 nonmetropolitan Wisconsin households were used to quantify...

ABSTRACT Many communities are seeking alternatives for providing essential products and services to their residents at affordable costs. The cooperative model has been used around the country to provide groceries, clothing, and pharmaceuticals as...

I am little satisfied with journal articles that use "sustainable" as a bandwagon for income redistribution schemes. The review of a recently submitted manuscript promoting "more-fair" sustainability, and little else, triggered a memory of faded newspaper...