Journal of the Community Development Society articles from January 2000

Journal of the Community Development Society archives from January 2000

Editor's comments.(Editorial)
January 1, 2000... As in our last several volumes, this issue of the Journal has a range of articles that will be of interest to our readers. It begins with an article focusing on American Indian casino gambling which reports on the experiences of several western...

American Indian casino gambling: issues of tribal sovereignty and economic development.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Games of chance have been commonplace in the histories of American Indian peoples, but many tribal governments are now engaged in casino gambling as a part of the nationwide expansion of gambling for local economic development....

American Indian casino gambling: issues of community versus economic development.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Antell, Blevins, and Jensen present a useful description of the policy conflicts between Indian casino gambling and tribal sovereignty. However, they fail to distinguish casino gaming as a form of community versus economic...

A comment on the subject of gaming in Indian country.
January 1, 2000... At the outset, I should say that this is one of the best papers I have read on the subject of Indian gaming. However, this says less about the present article than it does about the sorry state of research on this subject. Be that as it may, I...

Response to comments by Richards and Snipp.
January 1, 2000... We welcome the comments of Richards and Snipp and appreciate the opportunity to clarify and expand on several issues raised by the reviewers of the Antell, Blevins, and Jensen paper on Indian casino gambling. We are in complete agreement with...

Levels of analysis and conceptual clarification in community attachment and satisfaction research: connections to community development.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Two conceptual concerns in the community attachment and satisfaction literature are addressed here: (1) identification and utilization of a proper level of analysis, and (2) clarification of the meanings of community attachment...

The use of community services by rural families in Wisconsin.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT The development of rural policy and community services for rural families depends on greater understanding of how families cope with economic change. Survey responses from 1,611 nonmetropolitan Wisconsin households were used to...

The impact of labor market involvement on participation in community.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT In this paper the relationship between labor market involvement and community participation is examined at the community level. Social capital theory postulates that if employment facilitates acquaintanceships, trust, and norms...

Cooperatives in non-agricultural sectors: examining a potential community development tool.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Many communities are seeking alternatives for providing essential products and services to their residents at affordable costs. The cooperative model has been used around the country to provide groceries, clothing, and...

Gleaners, do-gooders, and balers: options for linking sustainability and economic development.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Sustainability and economic development are typically treated as conflicting goals in the literature and in practice. In this paper gleaners, do-gooders, and balers are used metaphorically to suggest that certain people outside...

Ideal types, equity, linkages, and change in sustainable systems.(FORUM)
January 1, 2000... I am little satisfied with journal articles that use "sustainable" as a bandwagon for income redistribution schemes. The review of a recently submitted manuscript promoting "more-fair" sustainability, and little else, triggered a memory of...

Community Guide to Social Impact Assessment.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... BURDGE, RABEL J. Community Guide to Social Impact Assessment (Middleton, Wisconsin. Social Ecology Press, 1995, 173 pp.). Community Guide to Social Impact Assessment is a manual written primarily for professional and experienced...

Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... CORBETT, JUDY and MICHAEL CORBETT. Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes (Covelo, California: Island Press, 2000, 235 pp.) Paper $30. Why is it so hard to do something that is innovative, as well as good for the...

Rural Change in Ireland.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... DAVIS, JOHN (ed.), Rural Change in Ireland (Institute of Irish Studies: The Queen's University of Belfast, 1999, 248 pp.) Cloth $25 (pounds). Written in response to the sesquicentenarian anniversary of the establishment of the Queen's...

Sustainable Community Development: Studies in Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Revitalization.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... HOFF, MARIE D. (ed.), Sustainable Community Development: Studies in Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Revitalization (Boca Raton, LA: Lewis Publishers, 1998, 249 pp.) Hardback price $60. Dr. Hoff has edited a diverse and wide-ranging...

The Simple Living Guide.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... LUHRS, JANET. The Simple Living Guide (New York, New York: Broadway Books, 1997, 444 pages) Paperback $20. In her guide to living simply, Luhrs expounds on one major theme as she explores fourteen difference areas where the simple life can...

1999 Advocate's Resource Guide, 2d ed.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION. 1999 Advocate's Resource Guide, 2nd Edition (Washington, DC: National Low Income Housing Coalition, 1999, 171 pp.) Paper, $15 for NLIHC Members, $25 for non-members. Not really a book, this aptly...

Health in Rural Settings: Contexts for Action.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... RAMP, WILLIAM, J. KULIG, I. TOWNSHEND, AND V. MCGOWAN (eds.). Health in Rural Settings: Contexts for Action (University of Lethbridge, 1999, 311 pp.) Paper (no price). Sixteen authors contributed to this wide-ranging discussion of rural...

Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... RUBIN, HERBERT. Renewing Hope Within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model (Albany, NY: SUNY, 2000, 304 pp). Paperback $24.95. Renewing Hope Within Neighborhoods of Despair is a topic of interest to community...

Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... SCHAEFFER, PETER V. and SCOTT LOVERIDGE (ed.), Small Town and Rural Economic Development: A Case Studies Approach (Westport, CT: Praeger Publications, 2000, 300 pp.). In this book, the editors have compiled case studies under five...

Recreating Democracy: Breathing New Life Into American Communities.(Book Review)
January 1, 2000... WELLS, LLOYD, and LARRY LEMMEL. Recreating Democracy: Breathing New Life Into American Communities (Woolwich, ME: The Center for Consensual Democracy, 1998). Perhaps the best word to describe Recreating Democracy is "provocative." I ask...