Community Development
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From  NEW! Less Dangerous Collaborations?Governance through Community-Based Participatory Research From: Unravelling Research |
In Chapter 7 Julia Elizabeth Jane entangles ethics, methodology and politics. Also a central theme in Janes’ chapter is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The chapter explores … | Julia Elizabeth Janes | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Manic Flight ReactionTrigger + Shunning From: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter discusses the contemporary concern with “triggers,” i.e., the moment of escalation, especially in sequence with shunning. The author looks at four diverse systems of … | Sarah Schulman | 28 | 2016 | $0.56 Add |
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From  NEW! Principle E – Support ResearchFrom: Building Community |
Asking the Right Questions and Separating Facts from Fiction – Research Corner – Citizen Science and Citizen Technical Advisors – Local Community-University Partnerships – … | James S. Gruber | 30 | 2020 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social DiffusionSocial Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors |
Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 11 | 2011 | $0.11 Add |
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From  The Eclipsed History of the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
One of the most insidious things about enclosures is how they eradicate the culture of commons and our memory of them. The old ways of doing things; the social practices that once bound a people … | David Bollier | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Common ThreadsFrom: Common Threads |
Weaving unmistakably weaves us all together regardless of what culture we come from. There are three kinds of woven cloth that can be found worldwide — everything comes back to tabby, twill … | Sharon Kallis | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Demoviction 2018: Tenant Resistance to DomicideFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 8 documents the second phase of demoviction in 2018 and the emergence of the Herongate Tenant Coalition to try and stop the evictions. Crosby explores a number of coalition tactics … | Andrew Crosby | 19 | 2023 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Getting into the StreetsOrganizing Your Community From: Educating for Action |
Although the terms “organizing” and “activism” are often considered synonymous, there are important distinctions. Organizing is about developing a large number of … | Drew Robert Winter | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Principle F – Delegate and EmpowerFrom: Building Community |
Devolution and Empowerment – Research Corner – Case Study: Community-Led Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana – Case Study: Climate Change and the Minnehaha Creek … | James S. Gruber | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Selling OutThe Story of the Victoria Park Community Organization From: Their Town |
The third chapter, focussing on a community organization, shows the possibilities of this form of organization for realizing the potential political power of working-class and middle-class … | Bill Freeman | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – ForgettingPrompts: Rembering to Act |
Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
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From The Empire of Private PropertyFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Formal laws may declare what property rights people may have in given circumstances, our social norms are at least as important a force — and those are highly adaptable. How we define … | David Bollier | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Tragedy of the Commons Revisted |
Exploring the dissolution of communal farms in Scotland and the pitfalls of rigid British feudal farmlands. | Heather Menzies | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Community Wellbeing: A Social Framework for DomicideFrom: Resisting Eviction |
Chapter 9 continues a chronological trajectory documenting the wider struggle and events unfolding around the redevelopment proposal for the neighbourhood. Crosby provides a window into the … | Andrew Crosby | 27 | 2023 | $2.70 Add |
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From Feudal Land Charters and Private Property |
The institution of feudal land, the concept of private property, and the disappearance of common land. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From Getting into the StreetsActivist Guidelines and Case Studies From: Educating for Action |
This chapter provides four snapshots of activism. Jason Del Gandio begins with how to initiate and facilitate an organizing meeting. This is usually the first place activists begin — … | Aaron Zellhoefer; Anthony J. Nocella II; James Generic; Jason Del Gandio | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
