Describes and analyzes case studies of community development corporations (CDCs) in the US from the 1960s on, from the perspective of their potential as a force of change in Britain. Case studies of organizations in the Los Angeles area are arranged in chapters on smaller and larger CDCs, mutual aid and citizen power organizations, and CDCs in the 1990s. Other chapters cover conditions for success in CDCs, their effectiveness, and community action versus community development. This second edition takes into account the rapidly changing situation in the UK, and contains a new chapter on issues involved in organizing for neighborhood development in the UK and especially Britain. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.