What is community development exactly? Emejulu's book integrates historical, theoretical, and comparative approaches to answering this difficult question. She describes several discourses, including: Democracy, Power, Poverty, Empowerment, and Populist, and maps how community development has changed in the United States and also in Britain. The book informs theoretical questions about how social movements use language to link leaders and followers ... Read moreand larger questions of participatory democracy.
Heath Brown New Books in Political Science This book is based on substantial scholarship and offers valuable insights into the politics and practice of community development in the United States and Britain in the crucial period between the late 1960s and late 1990s.
Community Development Journal This fascinating study deftly explores the intellectual and political history of community development. It highlights the need to challenge the inequality and elitism that haunts many contemporary practices.
Nancy Naples, University of Connecticut A thought-provoking analysis of community development debates in Britain and the United States since 1968. Essential reading for students and policy analysts alike.
Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Show Less