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In his 2004 presidential address to the American Sociological Association, Michael Burawoy called for the creation of a public sociology that would be...
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This final rule makes changes to several sections of the regulations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for states (State CDBG program). This final rule streamlines and updates the regulations to reflect statutory changes, clarifies the program income requirements, provides other clarifications to the State CDBG program regulations, and makes a conforming change to the regulations applicable to the CDBG Entitlement program. This final rule also provides additional flexibility to states in their administration of the program. The final rule follows publication of an October 17, 2008, proposed rule and takes into consideration the public comments received on the proposed rule.
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Tourism can serve as a vehicle for sustainable community development by contributing to equity and social justice. This happens as tourists learn abou...
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The community development and economic development literatures have evolved largely independently with little recognition of the critical relationship...
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Community development spending is an important component of the US public welfare system, directly affecting the lives of many who live in the US. Nearly nine million low-income individuals live in housing subsidized by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Total federal spending on community development exceeded $45 billion in 2004. Federal transfers consistently made up approximately 70% of overall state/local spending on community development, and these transfers have been the driving force behind the gradual increase in overall spending, rising from $36 in 1981 to $82 in 2004. State-generated expenditures account for about 30% of overall state/local spending. Analogous to the rise in federal transfers, state-generated expenditures more than doubled from $16 in 1981 to ...
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This article reviews and analyzes the goals and approaches espoused in the George W. Bush administration's proposed Strengthening America's Communities Initiative (SACI). Drawing on a variety of materials describing the rationale, purpose, assumptions, goals, and components of the newest policy approach to community and economic development, this paper tries to critically examine the initiative using a capacity-building framework and some of the historical antecedents of Federal grant programs for community development - including some defunct programs to inform current discussion about the proposal. Two conclusions of this analysis are that this proposal has much more in common with previous administrations' proposals for development over the last several decades than its advocates are...
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Community is "the social place used by family, friends, neighbors, neighborhood associations, clubs, civic groups, local enterprises, chu...
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This article presents findings from 45 structured key informant interviews conducted in nine rural Minnesota communities to examine the readiness of r...
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Viewed predominantly as service-based institutions, the contribution of social enterprises to civil society has not received much attention. In the di...