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Title:

Community-based organizations : the intersection of social capital and local context in contemporary urban society / edited by Robert Mark Silverman.

Publisher:

Wayne State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

ix, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Community development--United States.
Community organization--United States.
Social capital (Sociology)--United States.
Non-governmental organizations--United States.

Other Authors:

Silverman, Robert Mark, 1967-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : social capital and community development / Robert Mark Silverman -- Social capital as a tool for empowering the poor. Social capital for what? / Ivan Light. The failure of funding social capital : an evaluation of microfinance funding in the United States, 1996-1999 / Gina Neff -- Structural barriers and the context of building social capital. The mystery of the missing social capital and the ghost of social structure : why community development can't win / Randy Stoecker. Paradise lost : social capital and the emergence of a homeowners association in a suburban Detroit neighborhood / Robert Mark Silverman and Kelly L. Patterson. Community development corporations and social capital : lessons from the South Bronx / by Brian Sahd -- The effects of race, gender, and religion. Community development corporations (CDCS) in the deep South : the interaction of social capital, community context, and organizational networks / Robert Mark Silverman. Social capital and African-American church leadership / Sherri Leronda Wallace. Mobilizing social capital through community struggle / Judith Desena. Conclusion : a progressive model / Robert Mark Silverman.

ISBN:

9780814331576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814331572 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52153899

LCCN:

2003009648

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)