Book Review, Community-Based Development: Current Status and Future Prospects for Community Development Corporations

Authors

W Dennis Keating, Cleveland State UniversityFollow
Norman Krumholz, Cleveland State UniversityFollow
Philip D. Star, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

1991

Publication Title

Journal of Planning Literature

Keywords

community based development, community development corporations

Abstract

This review essay examines community-based development and looks at the status and future prospects of community development corporations (CDCs). The following publications are discussed:

1. Rachel G. Bratt, Rebuilding a Low-Income Housing Policy (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989).

2. Renee Berger, "Against All Odds: The Achievements of Community-Based Development Organizations" (Washington, D.C.: National Congress for Community Economic Development, March 1989).

3. Neil S. Mayer, The Role of Nonprofits in Renewed Federal Housing Efforts (Cambridge, Ma.: Center for Real Estate Development, MIT, March 1988).

4. Neal R. Pierce and Carol F. Steinbach, "Corrective Capitalism: The Rise of America's Community Development Corporations" (New York: Ford Foundation, July 1987).

Repository Citation

W. Dennis Keating, Book Review, Community-Based Development: Current Status and Future Prospects for Community Development Corporations, 6 Journal of Planning Literature 34 (August 1991)

Volume

34