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Building a World Community: Globalisation and the Common Good- a significant contribution to the international dialogue on social progress and will be of interest to economists, planners, aid agencies, and all students of international studies.

Building Communities of Learners: A Collaboration Among Teachers, Students, Families and Communities by Sudia P McCaleb-offers reasons why and how to accomplish life long learning.

Building King's Beloved Community: Foundations for Pastoral Care and Counseling with the Oppressed by Donald Chinula- inspiration in responding to the needs of oppressed people in any context.

Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture by Christina Baldwin- revised edition "circle movement" to audiences ranging from women's spirituality groups to corporate development teams. [look inside the book]

Wisdom Circles: A Guide to Self-Discovery and Community Building in Small Groups by Charles Garfield- provides an outline for creating your own spiritual, social, and/or consciousness-raising group. [look inside the book]

Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky- tells the "have-nots" how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. [look inside the book]

Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life by Robert Neelly Bellah- required reading for anyone who wants to understand how religion contributes to and detracts from America's common good. [look inside the book]

Organizing for Social Change: A Manual for Activists in the 1990's by Kim Bobo- comprehensive manual for grassroots organizers working for social, political, environmental, and economic change at the local, state, and national level. [look inside the book]

160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People by Linda Leeb Duper- how to get started on community projects to help others and keep kids interested and stimulated.

Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America by Robert Fisher- detailed outline of the major trends in neighborhood organizing in the United States from the early 20th century to the present.

The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference by Barbara A. Lewis, Pamela Espeland- ideas from simple projects to large scale commitments.

The Good Society by Richard Madsen- combines historical overview, personal narratives and proposals for revitalizing political, economic, educational, and religous institutions. [look inside the book]

The City in History by Lewis Mumford- historical study brings together evidence from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. [look inside the book] Amazon Best of the Century Choice

Open Space Technology: A User's Guide by Harrison Owen- hands-on, detailed description of facilitating Open Space Technology (OST) an effective, economical, fast, and easily repeatable strategy for organizing meetings of between 5 and 1,000 participants. [look inside the book]

The Activist's Handbook: A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond by Randy Shaw- building diverse coalitions, harnessing the media, the courts, and the electoral process to one's cause are some of the key tactics of being proactive. [look inside the book]

Reworking Success: New Communities at the Millennium by Robert A. Theobald- about creating a new set of goals for ourselves with social cohesion, ecological integrity and effective decision-making to lead to a high quality of life as we live with a sense of the sacred and the spiritual. [look inside the book]

Future Search: An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities by Marvin R. Weisbord, Sandra Janoff (Contributor)- details a highly successful way for organizations and communities of all types to apply global thinking and democratic values to achieve rapid, whole-systems improvement. [look inside the book]