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Mizrahi, Terry – Social Policy, 1999
Describes strategies to build and support coalitions for services in an era of diminished public and private resources. It becomes necessary to redefine the client, the community, and the agency or organization to develop appropriate roles for each component in the current social and economic climate. (SLD)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Development, Cooperation, Human Services
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Boxill, Nancy A.; Beverly, Creigs C. – Social Policy, 1986
Outlines data on the socioeconomic, health, and educational status of Blacks in Georgia. Calls for the maximization of internal resources for internal development, self-sufficiency, and self-determination. (GC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Community, Black Family, Black Youth
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Lenz, Thomas J. – Social Policy, 1988
Argues that Neighborhood Development Organization (NDO) staffs and volunteers have a faulty understanding of the political economies of poor urban communities, and have adopted a free market orientation. Recommends an alternative "organizing-driven" model of community development. (FMW)
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Action, Community Development, Economic Development