Provide a critical summary of the excerpts of Mapping Community Capacity by John

Posted: October 28th, 2023

Provide a critical summary of the excerpts of Mapping Community Capacity by John McKnight, John P. Kretzmann (1996). Discuss the concept of community assets and asset mapping, and how this is different from the community deficits model. Include an explanation of the different levels or building blocks of community assets. Discuss strengths and weaknesses of this concept and of McKnight and Kretzmann’s explanation. Compare with the Beaulieu reading. Discuss your efforts to create a community asset map. Summaries should include a basic summary plus a critical analysis and commentary of the strengths and weaknesses of the author’s arguments and research, as well as comparison with one other reading. Explain how the article relates to our topic of community justice or community-based approaches to justice. In writing summaries please remember to rephrase the author’s words without changing their meaning; restate the main idea and the supporting points accurately and in your own words. Cite any sources in text, and credit the author with original ideas and phrasing. Provide the author’s name and the name of the article in the first paragraph.