Building Community Capacity: A Definitional Framework and Case Studies from a Comprehensive Community Initiative Export

@article{citeulike:3850883, abstract = {The notion of community capacity building is both explicit and pervasive in the rhetoric, missions, and activities of a broad range of contemporary community development efforts. However, there is limited clarity about the meaning of capacity and capacity building at the neighbor-hood level. The author suggests a definitional framework for understanding and promoting community capacity, explores the attempt to operationalize a capacity-building agenda through the examination of two contrasting case studies within a multisite comprehensive community initiative (CCI), and suggests some possible next steps toward building community capacity through social change efforts such as CCIs. 10.1177/10780870122184876}, author = {Chaskin, Robert J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3850883}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10780870122184876}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://uar.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/3/291}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/10780870122184876}, journal = {Urban Affairs Review}, keywords = {building, capacity, neighborhood, planning}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {291--323}, posted-at = {2009-01-05 15:57:19}, priority = {4}, title = {Building Community Capacity: A Definitional Framework and Case Studies from a Comprehensive Community Initiative}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10780870122184876}, volume = {36}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3850883 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3850883 N2 - The notion of community capacity building is both explicit and pervasive in the rhetoric, missions, and activities of a broad range of contemporary community development efforts. However, there is limited clarity about the meaning of capacity and capacity building at the neighbor-hood level. The author suggests a definitional framework for understanding and promoting community capacity, explores the attempt to operationalize a capacity-building agenda through the examination of two contrasting case studies within a multisite comprehensive community initiative (CCI), and suggests some possible next steps toward building community capacity through social change efforts such as CCIs. 10.1177/10780870122184876 IS - 3 JF - Urban Affairs Review EP - 323 TI - Building Community Capacity: A Definitional Framework and Case Studies from a Comprehensive Community Initiative VL - 36 SP - 291 KW - building KW - capacity KW - neighborhood KW - planning AU - Chaskin, Robert PY - 2001/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10780870122184876 ER -