Civic Entrepreneurship - Curriculum Resources
Scholarly Literature on Civic Entrepreneurship and Related Topics
These materials may serve as background material for the instructor, readings for the students, leads to organizations and other resources discussed in the text, and/or a source of further readings drawn from the bibliographies. Since civic entrepreneurship has multiple meanings, materials on various aspects and different perspectives are included. The authors and journals themselves may also be useful leads.
Berra, Mariella. Information communications technology and local development. Telematics and Informatics, 20:215-234, 2003.
Brush, Candida, and others. Building ventures through civic capitalism. Annals, AAPSS, 613 (Sep):155-177, 2007.
Crowe, Jessica A. In search of a happy medium: How the structure of interorganizational networks influence community economic development strategies. Social Networks, 2007. [in press]
Docherty, Iain, Robina Goodlad and Ronan Paddison. Civic culture, community and citizen participation in contrasting neighborhoods. Urban Studies, 38(12):2225-2250, 2001.
Fraser, James C., and others. The construction of the local and the limits of contemporary community building in the United States. Urban Affairs Review, 38(3):417-445, 2003.
Henderson, Lenneal J. The civic index: Theory, practice and learning across American cities. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 25(3):371-392, 2003.
Henton, Douglas, John Melville and Kimberly Walesh. The age of the civic entrepreneur: Restoring civil society and building economic community. National Civic Review, 86(2):149-156, 1997.
Kavanaugh, Andrea, and others. Participating in civil society: The case of networked communities. Interacting with Computers, 17:9-33, 2005.
Levitte, Yael. Bonding social capital in entrepreneurial developing communities – survival networks or barriers? Journal of the Community Development Society, 35(1):44+, 2004.
Lewicka, Maria. Ways to make people active: The role of place attachment, cultural capital, and neighborhood ties. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 25:381-395, 2005.
McEwan, Cheryl. ‘Bringing government to the people’: Women, local governance and community participation in South Africa. Geoforum, 34:469-481, 2003.
Purdue, Derrick. Neighborhood governance: Leadership, trust and social capital. Urban Studies, 38(12):2211-2224, 2001.
Quinn, Aimee C. and Laxmi Ramasubramanian. Information technologies and civic engagement: Perspectives from librarianship and planning. Government Information Quarterly, 24:595-610, 2007.
Saebo, Oystein, Jeremy Rose and Leif Skiftenes Flak. The shape of eParticipation: Characterizing an emerging research area. Government Information Quarterly, 2007. [in press]
Sen, Pritha. Ashoka’s big idea: Transforming the world through social entrepreneurship. Futures, 39:534-553, 2007.
Svendsen, Gunnar L. H. and Jens F. L. Sorensen. There’s more to the picture than meets the eye: Measuring tangible and intangible capital in two marginal communities in rural Denmark. Journal of Rural Studies, 23:453-471, 2007.
Toker, Zeynep. Recent trends in community design: The eminence of participation. Design Studies, 28:309-323, 2007.
Bibliographies and Book Announcements - Sampling
Banuri, Tariq and Adil Najam. Civic Entrepreneurship: A Civil Society Perspective on Sustainable Development. 7 vols. Vol. 1, Global Synthesis. Stockholm Environment Institute, UNEP and The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organisations. Pakistan: Gandhara Academy Press.
Body-Gendrot, Sophie and Marilyn Gittell, eds. Social Capital and Social Citizenship. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003.
Brown, Michael Jacoby. Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World. Long Haul Press, 2006.
Goldsmith, Stephen and Ryan Streeter. Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work Through Grassroots Citizenship. Noblesville, IN: Hudson Institute, 2002.
Grabill, Jeffrey T. Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies for Citizen Action. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007.
Henton, Douglas, John G. Melville and Kimberly Walesh. Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities.
Keeble, Leigh and Brian Loader, eds. Community Informatics: Shaping Computer-Mediated Social Relations. NY: Routledge, 2001.
Kranich, Nancy, ed. Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.
Orr, Marion, ed. Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change. University Press of Kansas, 2007.
Academic Programs & Curriculum Materials
Community Organizing and Advocacy Specialization: The site shows courses offered in community organizing and advocacy through the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota.
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Interdisciplinary Minor in Social Justice: This site shows some short course descriptions in social justice offered through the undergraduate women's studies department at Simmons College.
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Urban Investment Strategies Center: Kenan-Flagler Business School: This site shows initiatives developed by the Kenan-Flagler Business School Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina.
Syllabi
Becoming a Public Citizen: Connecting Community Service and Public Leadership:
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Citizen Education:
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Citizen Participation and Volunteer Involvement:
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* Contents from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Social Work.
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Civic Leadership:
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Civics Practices Network:
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Civil Society and the Environment:
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Civil Society, Social Capital, and the State in Comparative Perspective:
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Colloquium on Community Development:
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COMM-ORG:
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Community Development for Local Capacity Building:
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Community Organizing and Advocacy:
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* Contents from the University of Minnesota's School of Social Work.
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Community Organizing and Development:
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Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation:
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Designing Democratic Innovation: Strategies for Civic Engagement and Effective Governance or or Innovations in Democratic Governance: Solving Public Problems
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* Contents from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Global Citizenship: Civic Intelligence for a Changing World:
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Introduction to Community Leadership:
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Leadership & Community Service:
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Leadership & Community Service (#2):
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Midtown Innovation Zone: WIKI:
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Program and Resource Development in Community Practice and Social Action:
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* Contents from Wayne State University's School of Social Work.
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Public Service, Community Organizing and Social Change:
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Raza Community Organizing:
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Theory and Practice of Community Organizing:
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Transforming Communities Seminar:
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Women and Community Organizing:
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* Contents from the University of Michigan's School of Social Work.
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Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution:
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Additional Resources – Publications, Organizations
Building Ventures through Civic Capitalism, by Candida Brush, Daniel Monti, Andrea Ryan and Amy M. Gannon
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 2007; 613; 155
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207303590
Available through the U of I Online Research Resources
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CANADA:
Tamarack: An Institute for Community Engagement
Creating Canadian Movements for Change
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Center for Community Economic Development, University of Wisconsin-Extension:
Civic Entrepreneurs: Economic Professional as Collaborative Leader by Douglas Henton, John Melville, & Kimberly Walesh
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Center for Rural Entrepreneurship:
Civic Entrepreneurship, Monograph 3 June 2003
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Children a National Priority: Resource Organizations:
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* Several URLs within document.
* Subjects discussed in the Framework Monograph and Community Implementation Guide.
Civic Entrepreneurship: Revenue Generating Strategies Government and Nonprofit Organization by James H. Johnson, Jr
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center
Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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National Civic League:
Civic Indicators
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Social Capital Gateway:
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PA Times Archives:
Civic Entrepreneurs and Collaborative Leadership by Rick Morse and Larkin Dudley
The American Society for Public Administration, Vol. 25-No.8, August 2002
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Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook –
Created in preparation for the Social Entrepreneurship session at the United States Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good
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University of Wisconsin Extension- Center for Community Economic Development
Civic Entrepreneurs: Economic Professional as Collaborative Leader by Douglas Henton, John Melville, & Kimberly Walesh
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