Organizing for Neighbourhood Development: A Comparative Study of Community Based Development OrganizationsUsing case studies of community development corporations in the USA from the 1960s on, the analysis in this book shows the hopes, dilemmas, successes and failures of these CDCs. It offers lessons to those setting up or running community based economic development schemes or trusts. |
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