Building Communities From the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets
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Kretzmann, J.P., & McKnight, J.L. |
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1993 |
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Building communities from the inside out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community’s assets |
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ACTA Publications
4848 North Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60208-4100
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http://www.theobooks.org/ |
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| Suggested Audience |
- Community activists
- School personnel
- Government officials
- Community organizations
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| Descriptors |
- Community reform
- School/community relationships
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Content Abstract
This publication by the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, builds on the work of McKnight and others stressing informal, community-based supports and affiliations to build inclusive communities. The book discusses how communities can rediscover and ”map” all of their local assets; how to build on these rediscovered assets to become more self-reliant and empowered neighborhoods and communities; and how ”outsiders” (professionals, government officials, and representatives from the philanthropic sector) can contribute to this process. Includes a section on how schools - as important local institutions - can contribute to the community building.
Methodological Notes
Not really a research book, although it could serve as an excellent guide for a whole variety of action research projects within schools and communities.
Additional Comments
This is a good resource book for the ”asset mapping” strategy used with schools and districts
Reviews and Commentary by the Field
good achievement and well commited comunity development.
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abdirashid ali warabe
(Shiekh, Sa Somaliland)
