{"product_id":"the-abundant-community-awakening-the-power-of-families-and-neighborhoods-paperback","title":"The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn McKnight\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find real and sustainable satisfaction right in our neighborhood and community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book reports on voluntary, self-organizing structures that focus on gifts and value hospitality, the welcoming of strangers. It shows how to reweave our social fabric, especially in our neighborhoods. In this way we collectively have enough to create a future that works for all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn McKnight is emeritus professor of education and social policy and codirector of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of Building Communities from the Inside Out and the author of The Careless Society. He has been a community organizer and serves on the boards of several national organi-zations that support neighborhood development. \u003cbr\u003e Peter Block is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed by Block to build the skills outlined in his books. He is the author of Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, and Community. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Organization Development Network's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770717077792,"sku":"9781609940812","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1d8ff899de912c628b78d3cec5e21b20.webp?v=1780377540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-abundant-community-awakening-the-power-of-families-and-neighborhoods-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}