Journal of the Community Development Society articles from January 2002

Journal of the Community Development Society archives from January 2002

Editor's comments.(Editorial)
January 1, 2002... This Special Issue on Community Development Theory is a major accomplishment for the Journal of the Community Development Society, as well as for the field of community development. Ron Hustedde as the first Special Issue Editor has done a...

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2002... This is the first time that the Journal of the Community Development Society has published a special issue on the theoretical core of community development practice. The theories are stories about how communities behave, interact, organize and...

The basics: what's essential about theory for community development practice?
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT The major point of this article is that the multidisciplinary field of community development needs some common theoretical concepts for community development practice. The authors examine three major limitations of theory for...

Community development practice: theory in action.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT What are the guides to community development practice? Thirty-three practitioners from five different countries participated in a grounded-theory qualitative study to investigate what guides their practice. From the interviews,...

Community psychology perspectives on social capital theory and community development practice.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Concepts and research from community psychology can inform community development practice by reframing social capital theory. Social capital (SC) is generally defined and measured at the interpersonal, community, institutional, or...

Towards a theory of state-community partnerships: interpreting the Irish Muintir na Tire movement's experience.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This paper begins by outlining two very different models or ideal-types of partnership relations between community movements and the state. What we call the optimistic model of partnerships suggests that community interests are...

Theory and practice of community development: a case study from the United Kingdom.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT This paper considers the current concept of community and provides a brief overview of the historical context of British community work with reference to "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches. The top-down approach has roots in...

"Whole community organizing" for the 21st century.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Two elements constitute the core meaning of community--face-to-face social interactions and social relationships. The global era of the 21st century presents new challenges to the practice of community change that empowers a...

Three faces of empowerment: expanding the theory of empowerment in community development.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Empowerment as a process in leadership education is seen as fundamental to community development. Often, empowerment is considered only from the individual, psychological perspective in community development interventions. That...

Towards the measurement of empowerment: the evaluation of community development.
January 1, 2002... ABSTRACT Community development is enjoying something of a revival worldwide. At the same time, however, governments are increasingly concerned to evaluate the effectiveness of community development programs. While the literature has grown...

Capacity for Community Development: an approach to conceptualization and measurement.
January 1, 2002... Scott McLean, Lori Ebbesen, Kathryn Green, Bruce Reeder, David Butler-Jones, and Sheilagh Steer Capacity for Community Development: An Approach to Conceptualization and Measurement. Omitted references, vol. 32, no. 2. Hawe, P., M....