{"product_id":"bridging-the-gap-between-asset-capacity-building-and-needs-assessment-concepts-and-practical-applications-9781452220192","title":"Bridging the Gap Between Asset\/Capacity Building and Needs Assessment: Concepts and Practical Applications","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James W. Altschuld\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications, Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the groundbreaking text, \u003cstrong\u003eBridging the Gap Between Asset\/Capacity Building and Needs Assessment\u003c\/strong\u003e, James W. Altschuld examines the synthesis of two antithetical ideas--needs assessment and asset\/capacity building. At the heart of this approach is a focus on assessing the strengths and assets that communities have and demonstrating how to make those assets stronger. The author explains the foundation of needs assessment and asset\/capacity building, discusses their similarities and differences, and offers a new hybrid framework that includes eight steps for how they can be done jointly for better results. The author then applies a checklist for judging the quality of this approach to six cases that represent real-world applications of hybrid principles. The last chapter demonstrates how such efforts might be studied in the future, emphasizing ways findings and results from hybrid ventures can be used effectively. A wide range of examples, tables, and figures appear throughout, with insightful discussion questions at the end of each chapter to facilitate meaningful discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45457054564503,"sku":"9781452220192","price":5340.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781452220192.webp?v=1769292613","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bridging-the-gap-between-asset-capacity-building-and-needs-assessment-concepts-and-practical-applications-9781452220192","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}