4 Essential Elements of ABCD Process

Authors: Professor John L McKnight and Cormac Russell

John McKnight and Cormac Russell are the leading advocates for Asset Based Community Development - an approach to promoting justice and well being that tries to rebalance our approach to welfare.

This critical document offers an overview of ABCD and draws attention to:

1. Resources - the abundant assets that communities create but services so often ignore
2. Methods - the assumption that communities can and should drive change themselves
3. Functions - the essential functions that communities can perform for themselves
4. Evaluation - the questions that can be used to assess the effectiveness of community life

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The publisher is the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at DePaul University, Chicago.

The Four Essential Elements of an Asset-Based Community Development Process © Professor John L McKnight and Cormac Russell 2018.

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