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Provides an intellectual and social history of the community association movement.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Quiet Innovation in Housing The Economics of Land, Housing and CAs Common Property: A Social and Intellectual Background The Development of CAs in the United States Government, Business, and Housing: Early Years of Cooperation The Promotion of CAs: A Government-Business Collaboration The Community Associations Institute: Formation and Growth The Community Associations Institute: A Period of Change The CAI and the Management of CAs The CAI and Community Building in CAs A Perspective on CAs and the CAI Conclusion: A Revolution in Housing Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

DONALD R. STABILE holds The G. Thomas and Martha Myers Yeager Endowed Chair in the Liberal Arts at St. Mary's College of Maryland where he is also chair of the Economics Department. His most recent books include The Origins of Public Finance (Greenwood, 1998) and Work and Welfare (Greenwood, 1996).