The theory and practice of community development : a guide for practitioners

Date of publication from 1988-1984 Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Services Publications, 1986. SR333."This publication is concerned with the practice of community development and those principles, assumptions, and values which guide the methods and procedures used in the field. Community development is treated as a distinct profession, different and apart from other helping professions. It is hoped that this publication will be useful in training community development workers. Further use may be made in the training of volunteer groups and in explaining what community development is and is not to various groups and individuals. The publication was written primarily to apply to the United States. The basic principles, assumptions, and methods, however, can be applied wherever community development is practiced."--Foreword.Donald W. Littrell (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Regional and Community Affairs, University of Missouri--Columbia)Includes bibliographical reference