Substantial Content Revisions

New to the Third Edition of “Asset Building and Community Development”

• Deleted chapter 13 from 2nd edition. Some of the material on international NGOs was moved to chapter 5.
• Added two completely new chapters: 13 (Food, Energy & Community) & 14 (Natural Disasters and Climate Change).
• Moved chapter 3 up earlier in the text and updated material on community sustainability.
• Chapter 2—updated material on material related to Obama administration initiatives.
• Chapter 4—added new material on several new community development processes, such as appreciative inquiry.
• Chapter 5 – includes new material on other community based organizations, such as community foundations, and expanded discussion of youth-based organizations.
• Chapter 6—added discussion of green-collar jobs.
• Chapter 8—added discussion of housing foreclosures, subprime mortgages, and green building.
• Chapter 9 – added discussion of predatory lending and individual development accounts.
• Chapter 11—substantially revised material on growth machine and growth regimes.
• Chapter 12—broadened discussion of cultural capital to more than just the arts.
• Updated references throughout the text.
• Updated and added web resources throughout the text.
• Updated suggested readings throughout the text.
• Added several new case studies in core chapters.
• Updated data sources.