Description:This book deals with a new role that has emerged as communities all over the world struggle to gain more control over their destinies, as globalization accelerates. Community entrepreneurs create organizations that encourage people to learn their way out of poverty, dependency and marginalization. By participating in such innovative ventures, individuals become more self-sustaining and able to create good lives for themselves and others in their own communities or wherever they choose to settle.Sustainable People moves discussion about social and economic change from abstract terms such as “community” and “development” by focusing on what individuals and groups are actually doing to encourage personal and community development. It documents the background of the role of the community entrepreneur, the kinds of organizations they create, their learning processes and the moral basis of their initiatives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sustainable People: A New Approach to Community Development. To get started finding Sustainable People: A New Approach to Community Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
182
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Cape Breton University Press
Release
2003
ISBN
Sustainable People: A New Approach to Community Development
Description: This book deals with a new role that has emerged as communities all over the world struggle to gain more control over their destinies, as globalization accelerates. Community entrepreneurs create organizations that encourage people to learn their way out of poverty, dependency and marginalization. By participating in such innovative ventures, individuals become more self-sustaining and able to create good lives for themselves and others in their own communities or wherever they choose to settle.Sustainable People moves discussion about social and economic change from abstract terms such as “community” and “development” by focusing on what individuals and groups are actually doing to encourage personal and community development. It documents the background of the role of the community entrepreneur, the kinds of organizations they create, their learning processes and the moral basis of their initiatives.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sustainable People: A New Approach to Community Development. To get started finding Sustainable People: A New Approach to Community Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.