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“Few people in this country know as much about community building as Jim Diers. The case studies and ideas in this book are extremely powerful evidence that real communities are…
What 10 Canadian Initiatives Can Teach Us About Building Creative, Inclusive, & Sustainable Communities This is the third book to result from a research project on community economic development carried…
Rebuilding Local Economies in the United States and Canada “There is nothing else like it; the first of its kind. It has wide application in cities and rural communities of…
Central governments and their economic policies rarely help economic development at the local level, taking more out of communities than they put into their growth and health. Providing examples of…
Can a community-based economy be developed that adresses the social needs of low incomes communities though local economic development, and through such projects help those who are marginal to gain…
Community economic development is increasingly a strategy in the fight against poverty that is complementary to more traditional approaches, such as employment training, guaranteed income, and social assistance targeted at…
This book is both important and timely. Written by practitioners who are also academics, the book combines solid research, observation and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for…
Community Economic Development in Canada, publised in two volumes, provides the most revealing, current, comprehensive and authoritative text on Canadian communities in action – urban and rural – and how…
The social economy is rapidly gaining in visibility at the international, national and local levels in most OECD member countries. Social economy — also know as ‘non-profit’ or ‘third sector’…
There is a global movement of people at the grassroots who are innovating new approaches to wealth creation and distribution. They recognise that the current dominant models are not only…
Drawing inspiration from the Council of Europe Strategy for Social Cohesion, this volume analyses from different angles the new forms of economic solidarity and responsibility which European citizens are setting…
To better respond to a new set of concerns of the population and promote sustainable development, governments today actively seek a broad partnership with civil society and the private sector….
