Some books and journal articles related to asset building

Alinsky, Saul D. Reveille for Radicals. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Author, 1994.

Benson, Peter L. All Kids Are Our Kids. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Benson, Peter, Galbraith, Judy, and Espeland, Pamela. What Kids Need to
Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Raise Good Kids. Minneapolis, Minn.:
Free Spirit, 1995.

Bernard, Bonnie. Fostering Resiliency in Kids: Protective Factors in the
Family, School, and Community. Portland, Ore.: Western Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities, 1991.

Bernard, Bonnie. Turning the Corner: From Risk to Resiliency. Portland,
Ore.: Western Regional Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities, 1994.

Blumenkrantz, D. Fulfilling the Promise of Children's Services. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Blumenkrantz, D., and Reslock, B. Rite of Passage Experience (ROPE).
Glastonbury, Conn.: Associates in Counseling and Training, 1981.

Botvin, Gilbert J., Mahalic, Sharon R., and Grotpeter, Jennifer K. Life Skills
Training: Promoting Health and Personal Development. Boulder, Colo.:
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1998.

Bredo, E., and Feinberg, W. Knowledge and Values in Social and
Educational Research. Philadelphia, Penna.: Temple University Press, 1982.

Brown, Leland. A Protocol for Community-Based Research. American
Journal of Preventative Medicine, Supplement: Research Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice 12:4 (1996).

Campfens, H., ed. Community Development Around the World: Practice,
Theory, Research, Training. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press,
1997.

Carr, W., and Kemmis, S. Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge, and
Action Research. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1986.

Cary, L. J. Community Development as a Process. Columbia: University of
Missouri Press, 1970.

Chapman, Elwood N. Attitude: Your Most Priceless Possession. 3d ed. Menlo Park, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1995.

Chavis, D. M., and Florin, P. "Nurturing Grassroots for Health and Housing."
Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 66 (September/October):
558-572.

Chrislip, D. D., and Parr, J. The Restoration of Community. Denver, Colo.:
National Civic League, n.d.

Christenson, J., and Robinson, J. Community Development in America. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1980.

Cobb, C., Halstead, T., and Rowe, J. The General Progress Indicator:
Summary of Data and Methodology. San Francisco: Redefining Progress,
1995.

Community Building Resources. Our Book Is Your Book: Thinking About
Community Capacity Building and Asset Mapping. Spruce Grove, AB:
MAGJS Publishing.

Connley, R. "A Model for Community-Based Health Action and Primary
Prevention: A Demonstration Project." Paper presented at the 106th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. Evanston, Ill.: Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University, 1978.

Coulter, P.C. "The Four-Quartered World." Broadcast in May 1997 on B.
Lucht (Producer), Ideas. Toronto, Ontario: CBC Radio, 1997.

Dewar, T. A Guide to Evaluating Asset-Based Community Development:
Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities. Evanston, Ill.: Asset-Based
Community Development Institute, Northwestern University; Chicago: ACTA, 1997.

Dixon, J. "Community Stories and Indicators for Evaluating Community
Development." Community Development Journal 30:4 (October 1995):
327-336.

Erasmus, P., and Ensign, G. A Practical Framework for Community Liaison
Work in Native Communities. Brandon, MB: Justin Publishing, 1991.

Evans, R. G., Barer, Morris L., and Marmor, Theodore R., eds. Why Are
Some People Healthy and Others Not? The Determinants of the Health of
Populations. New York: A. de Gruyter, 1994.

Fisher, R., and Kling, J., eds. Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1993.

Fitz-Gibbon, C. T., and Morris, L. L. How to Design a Program Evaluation.
Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1987.

Flora, Jan L., Flora, Cornelia B., and Houdek, Elizabeth. Rural Communities: Legacy and Change. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1992.

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 20th anniversary ed. New York:
Continuum Publishing, 1993.

Garbarino, James. Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can
Save Them. New York: Free Press, 1999.

Hawkins, J.D., Catalano, R. F., and Associates. Communities That Care:
Action for Drug Abuse Prevention. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Healthcare Forum. What Creates Health? San Francisco: Author, 1994.

Henderson, Nan. "SAPS That Build Student Resiliency." Student Assistance Journal, March 1996.

Henderson, Nan, and Milstein, Mike. Resiliency in Schools: Making It
Happen for Students and Educators. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press,
1996.

Henton, D., Melville, J., and Walesh, K. Grassroots Leaders for a New
Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Herman, J. L., Morris, L. L., and Fitz-Gibbon, C. T. Evaluator's Handbook.
Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1987.

Howell, R., Olsen, M., and Olsen, D. Designing a Citizen Involvement
Program: A Guidebook for Involving Citizens in the Resolution of
Environmental Issues. Corvallis, Ore.: Western Rural Development Center,
Oregon State University, 1987.

"Invincible Kids: The Hopeful Research." U.S. News and World Report,
November 11, 1996, pp.62-71.

Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York:
Vintage Books, 1961.

Jewkes, Rachel, and Murcott, Anne. "Meanings of Community." Social
Science and Medicine 43:4 (1996): 555-563.

Jolles, Robert A. How to Run Seminars and Workshops: Presentation Skills
for Consultants, Trainers, and Teachers. 2d ed. New York: John Wiley,
2001.

Kaner, S. Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision Making. Philadelphia: New Society, 1996.

Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance. Neighbors Getting to Know Neighbors:
Capacity Mapping in Real Life. Kansas City, Mo.: Author, 1998.

Kibel, Barry M. Success Stories as Hard Data: An Introduction to Results
Mapping. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 1999. (Also see
www.PIRE.org & www.montana.edu/wwwctf )

Kretzmann, J. P., and McKnight, J. L. A Guide to Capacity Inventories:
Mobilizing the Community Skills of Local Residents. Evanston, Ill.: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University; Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1997.

Kretzmann, J. P., and McKnight, J. L. A Guide to Mapping Consumer
Expenditures and Mobilizing Consumer Expenditure Capacities: A
Community-Building Workbook. Evanston, Ill.: Center for Urban Affairs and
Policy Research, Northwestern University; Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1996.

Kretzmann, J. P., and McKnight, J. L. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets.
Evanston, Ill.: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern
University; Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1993.

Kretzmann, J. P., and McKnight, J. L. A Guide to Mapping Local Business
Assets and Mobilizing Local Business Capacities. Evanston, Ill.: Center for
Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University; Chicago: ACTA
Publications, 1996.

Kretzmann, J. P., and McKnight, J. L. A Guide to Mapping and Mobilizing
the Economic Capacities of Local Residents: A Community-Building
Workbook. Evanston, Ill.: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research,
Northwestern University; Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1996.

Labonte, R. "The View from Here: Community Development Partnerships."
Canadian Journal of Public Health. (July-August 1993): 237-240.

Lappé, Francis Moore, and DuBois, Paul Martin. The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994.

Lewis, D., Grant, J., and Rosenbaum, D. The Social Construction of Reform:Crime Prevention and Community Organizations. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1998.

Lewis, D., and Salem, G. (1986). Fear of Crime: Incivility and the
Production of a Social Problem. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1986.

Lumsdon, K. "Patience and Partnerships: Health Systems Cultivate Two
Ingredients to Create Healthier Communities." Hospitals and Health Networks (December 1993): 26-31.

Mager, Robert F. Developing Attitudes Toward Learning; or, SMATS 'n
SMUTS. Belmont, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1984.

McKnight, J. L. The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits. New
York: Basic Books, 1995.

McKnight, J. L. "Politicizing Health Care." Social Policy
(November/December 1978): 36-39.

McKnight, J. L. "Regenerating Community." Social Policy (Winter 1987):
54-58.

Meier, Deborah. The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a
Small School in Harlem. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.

Miner, L. E., and Griffith, J. Proposal Planning and Writing. 2d ed. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1998.

Mizrahi, T., and Morrison, J. D., eds. Community Organization and Social
Administration: Advances, Trends, and Emerging Principles. Binghamton,
N.Y.: Haworth Press, 1993.

Moore, Thomas. The Education of the Heart: Readings and Sources for
Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, and the Re-enchantment of Everyday Life.
New York: HarperCollins, 1996.

Morris, L. L., Fitz-Gibbon, C. T., and Freeman, M. How to Communicate
Evaluation Findings. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1987.

Muller, Wayne. How, Then, Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions That
Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives. Reprint. New York: Bantam,
1997.

National Civic League. The Civic Index: A New Approach to Improving
Community Life. Denver, Colo.: Author, 1993.

Neilsen, A. R. Critical Thinking and Reading: Empowering Learners to
Think and Act. Paper. Bloomington, Ind.: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, 1989.

Norris, T. (1994). "Assessing Community Health and Quality of Life." Draft.
Denver, Colo.: National Civic League, 1994.

Norten, Michael. Colour in Your Environment. London: Russell Press, 1981.

O'Connell, M., Bernstein, S., Hallett, S., Perkins, S., and Tholin, K. Working Neighborhoods: Taking Charge of Your Local Economy. Chicago: Center for Neighborhood Technology, 1986.

O'Connell Higgins, Gina. "The Resiliency Model." Health Education 21:6
(November/December 1990).

Oldenburg, Ray. The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Community
Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts, and How They
Get You Through the Day. New York: Marlowe, 1987.

Patton, M. Q. How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation. Newbury
Park, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1987.

Peck, M. Scott. The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1987.

Peck, M. Scott. The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love,
Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1978.

Peck, M. Scott. A World Waiting to Be Born: Civility Rediscovered. New
York: Bantam Books, 1993.

Perry, S. Communities on the Way: Rebuilding Local Economies in the
United States and Canada. Albany: State University of New York Press,
1987.

Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Putnam, 1994.

Ploeg, J., Dobbins, M., Hayward, S., Ciliska, D., Thomas, H., and
Underwood, J. Effectiveness of Community Development Projects. Hamilton:
Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network, 1995.

Pollack, William S. Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myth of
Boyhood. New York: Random House, 1998.

Posterski, D., and Nelson, G. C. Future Faith Churches: Reconnecting with
the Power of the Gospel for the Twenty-first Century. Winfield, B.C.: Wood
Lake Books, 1997.

Practical Management, Inc. How to Teach Grown-ups. Calabasas, Calif.:
Author, 1988.

Project Adventure, Inc. Youth Leadership in Action: A Guide to Cooperative Games and Activities. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1994.

Putnam, R. "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (January 1995): 66-77.

Putnam, R. "The Strange Disappearance of Civic America." American
Prospect, no. 24 (Winter 1995).

Resiliency in Action: A Journal of Resiliency Application and Practical
Research. (Write P.O. Box 684, Gorham, Me., tel. 800-440-5171/fax
207-839-6379.)

Rinehart, E., & Bouie-Scott, B. Proposal Writing. Springfield: Illinois
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, 1996.

Rodd, N. "Quest for Health: A Fable." Soc. Sci. Med. 29:7 (1989): 895-896.

Saleeby, Dennis, ed. The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice.
New York: Longman, 1992.

Sapp, Jane. Culture: The Roots of Community Spirit and Power. New
Market, Tenn.: Highlander Research and Education Center, 1989.

Scales, Peter C., and Leffert, Nancy. Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of
the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development. Minneapolis, Minn.:
Search Institute, 1999.

Schön, D. A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in
Action. New York: Basic Books, 1983.

Schorr, Lisbeth B. Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and
Neighborhoods to Rebuild America. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday,
1997.

Shea, J. The Legend of the Bells and Other Tales. Paper. Chicago: ACTA
Publications, 1996.

Shor, I. Critical Teaching and Everyday Life. Boston: South End Press, 1980.

Shore, William H. Revolution of the Heart: A New Strategy for Creating
Wealth and Meaningful Change. New York: Riverhead Books, 1995.

Smith, David. First Person Plural: A Community Development Approach to
Social Change. New York: Black Rose Books, 1995.

Stone, J. Neighbors Getting to Know Neighbors: Capacity Mapping in Real
Life. Philadelphia: New Society, 1998.

Strengal, R. "Bowling Together: Civic Engagement in America Isn't
Disappearing but Reinventing Itself." Time, July 22, 1996, pp. 35-36.

Tobler, Nancy. "Drug Prevention Programs Can Work." Journal of Addictive
Disease, 11: 3 (1992).

Tyler Norris Associates. The Community Indicators Handbook. San
Francisco: Redefining Progress, 1997.

Werner, Emmy, and Smith, Ruth. Overcoming the Odds: High Risk Children
from Birth to Adulthood. New York: Cornell University Press, 1992.

Werner, Emmy, and Smith, Ruth. Vulnerable but Invincible: A Longitudinal Study of Resilient Children and Youth. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982.

Wilkinson, R. G. Unhealthy Societies: From Inequality to Well-being. New
York: Routledge, 1996.

Wolin, Steven, and Wolin, Sybil. The Resilient Self: How Survivors of
Troubled Familes Rise Above Adversity. New York: Villard Books, 1993.



Audiovisual Materials

Audiotapes:

Practical Management, Inc. How to Teach Grown-ups. 8
workbook/audiocassette course. Calabasas, Calif.: Author, 1988.

Multimedia Web Movies:

A Future for Children: Hard Work Makes Dreams Come True. Texas Youth
Commission, Office of Prevention. Available in QuickTime format. The free
Quicktime browser plug-in is required to view this presentation.

Beyond the Information Age: The Future of Prevention. Texas Youth
Commission, Office of Prevention. Available in QuickTime format. The free
Quicktime browser plug-in is required to view this presentation.

Videotapes:

A Foundation for Success: Congregations Building Assets in Youth.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Search Institute, 1997. Available from the Search Institute,
tel. (800) 888-7828.

Creating Healthy Communities for Kids: Start Over, Starting Now.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Search Institute, 1998. Available from the Search Institute,
tel. (800) 888-7828.

Forty Assets: Start Over, Starting Now. Minneapolis, Minn.: Search Institute,
1998. Available from the Search Institute, tel. (800) 888-7828.

Kretzmann, J. and McKnight, J. Mobilizing Community Assets: The Video
Training Program for Building Communities from the Inside Out. Evanston,
Ill.: Asset Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University;
Chicago: ACTA Publications, 1995.

Krutein, Wernher, and Pomeranz, David. It's in Every One of Us. San
Francisco: New Era Media, 1987. Available from New Era Media, tel. (415)
863-3555. (For resiliency training)

"Mr. Fazio." Sixty Minutes, broadcast October 13, 1996. New York: CBS
Video, 1994. Available from Sixty Minutes, tel. (800)848-3256. (For resiliency training)

Oliver Community League and Community Development Caritas. Oliver
Community Capacity and Assets for Health Supports. [City] Author, 1995.

"Too Good to Be True." Sixty Minutes, broadcast September 24, 1995. New York: CBS Video, 1995. Available from Sixty Minutes, tel. (800-848-3256).
(For resiliency training)

Wolin, Steven, and Wolin, Sybil. Survivor's Pride: Building Resiliency in
Youth at Risk. Vernona, Wisc.: Attainment, 1994. Available from Attainment,
tel. (800) 327-4269.