Region Building: Community Development Lessons from the Tennessee Valley.

1955 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 764
Author(s):  
Rupert B. Vance ◽  
James Dahir
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Tennessee Valley ◽  
Building Community

scholarly journals The Contemporary Lives of Age-Old Tales

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Janelle Mathis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Western World ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Folk Literature ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Sociocultural Issues

Aligned with the sociocultural nature of traditional tales and other folk literature of the Western world, this study examines three picturebooks to consider the significance of contemporary retellings of traditional tales. A critical content analysis approach to text and images employs select tenets of a particular theory for each book inclusive of childism, post-colonial, and archetype theories. The findings relate each book to current sociocultural issues: the agentic child in building community; colonial and post-colonial understandings; and identity, stereotypes, and archetypes. Additionally, environmental themes are woven through each. The findings support the ongoing significance of these living folktales for personal and community development as they connect intertextually across eras and national cultures.

scholarly journals Challenges to Implementing Socially-Sustainable Community Development in Oil Palm and Forestry Operations in Indonesia

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephany I Pasaribu ◽  
Frank Vanclay ◽  
Yongjun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Social Licence To Operate ◽  
The Right ◽  
Corporate Social

Through the lenses of community development and social licence to operate, we consider the complex relationships between local communities and forest plantation and oil palm companies. We examine the practical challenges in implementing socially-sustainable community development (SSCD) by analyzing two corporate social investment community development projects located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: Desa Makmur Peduli Api (integrated fire management) and Pertanian Ekologi Terpadu (ecological farming). Our study scrutinized: (i) What were the practice challenges faced by the companies in establishing SSCD?; Along with (ii) what should be done to improve how SSCD is undertaken, especially in Indonesia? We identified five challenges: (1) unresolved land conflict; (2) determining the right program; (3) building community capacity rather than providing irrelevant training; (4) a shortage of company field staff and government facilitators; and (5) managing community expectations. Better governance of SSCD will reduce conflict between affected communities and companies.

scholarly journals Delivery of Advice to Marginalised and Vulnerable Groups: The Need for Innovative Approaches

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexy Buck ◽  
Liz Curran
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Delivery Models

Knowledge, capacity, capability and understanding are the key pre-requisites to access to justice.4 If legal aid services are to be effective in reaching people who are disadvantaged, disempowered or marginalised, then integrated, connected service delivery, outreach and relationship building, community development and education play a vital role. This article presents selected research findings from England and Wales, and Australia, illustrating the advice needs of disadvantaged groups. It further presents four delivery models from around the world, which all aim for innovation and flexibility. The article concludes with a number of key issues to consider when delivering advice to marginalised and vulnerable groups.

Building Community Resilience: Lessons from Flood-affected Residents in a Regional Australian Town

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-425
Author(s):  
Sandy Darab ◽  
Yvonne Hartman ◽  
Emma E. Pittaway
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Flooded Areas ◽  
Extensive Damage

This article discusses the relevance and usefulness of a community development approach and community resilience in coping with natural disasters such as floods and their impact. In March 2017, a major flood in Lismore, Australia, resulted in extensive damage to homes and businesses and caused severe disruption and distress to some residents. A small qualitative study of 20 residents was conducted to understand how they were affected in flooded areas in terms of their housing and other impacts. The narrative and thematic analysis of respondents’ stories ‘from the ground’ highlighted both the problems with some institutional responses to the flood and the strength of the community response. One of the key findings was the resilience shown by some parts of the community during and after the flood, particularly in terms of communal self-organisation. This article interrogates that finding in-depth and argues that it provides valuable insights into community resilience and a community development approach, which need to be consciously cultivated to combat the impact of disasters.

scholarly journals Hope And The Environment: A Perspective From The Majority World

ANVIL ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Majority World ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Environmental Work ◽  
The Church ◽  
World Perspective

Abstract This paper considers hope and environment from a majority world perspective. It begins by surveying moves within the Anglican Church to become more environmentally aware, and to integrate environmental concerns into theology and practice. This process began at the Lambeth Conference in 1968 and eventually led to the inclusion of an environmental strand within the Anglican Communion’s ‘Five Marks of Mission’. The fifth Mark is ‘To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.’ In the 2008 Lambeth Conference a whole section was devoted to the environment. There follow accounts of environmental work in the Province of Southern Africa. In Niassa Diocese, in northern Mozambique, the mission department has been using Umoja (from the Swahili word for having a common mind) in congregational and community development. It demonstrates holistic mission by deepening faith, building community, and helping with practical challenges. Now the bigger question facing Southern Africa and the majority world is climate change. In South Africa apartheid used to dominate everything and this led to unity in the Church, but after apartheid the country is not faced by one overarching problem, but many. The theology of Charles Mathewes is explored in an attempt to find an adequate Christian response and bring hope to this new context. This then leads on to action in both small practical ways, and in bringing about more fundamental change. Finally, we are reminded that we should not always speak about problems, but also to present a positive vision.

scholarly journals Building inclusive community activism and accountable relations through an intersecting inequalities approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Shaw ◽  
Jo Howard ◽  
Erika López Franco
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Community Activism ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Building Community

Abstract Community development interventions can generate collective identities, foster community activism and build more accountable relations between marginalized groups and duty-bearers 1. Yet, our previous research shows meaningful inclusion of the most disadvantaged groups is not sustainable unless the intersecting inequalities at the root of poverty and marginalization are understood and addressed. This article draws on participatory action research (PAR) processes conducted between 2016 and 2017 in Egypt, Ghana, India, South Africa and Uganda, which worked through local partners to engage directly with groups affected by deep inequalities and unaccountable dynamics. Collaboratively, we explored how intersecting inequalities play out in people’s everyday lives to drive poverty and marginalization and the elements necessary for participatory processes to catalyze community activism and build pathways towards accountability. In this article, we operationalize the concept of intersecting inequalities, in order to understand the complexity of ‘community’ in different contexts and the contribution of this approach to inclusive community development. Finally, we draw lessons about how to navigate the intrinsic tensions between recognizing difference and building community activism for accountability.

Book Reviews

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-315
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Community Building ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Critical Geography ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Building Community

Books Reviewed: Robert J. Chaskin, Prudence Brown, Sudhir Venkatesh, and Avis Vidal (eds.), Building Community Capacity Mark R. Warren (ed.), Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy Robert M. Fogelson, Downtown, its Rise and Fall, 1880–1950 Peter Evans (ed.), Livable Cities? Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability Adam S. Weinberg, David N. Pellow, and Allan Schnaiberg (eds.), Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development David Harvey, Spaces of Capital: Towards a Critical Geography Judith Goode and Jeff Maskovsky (eds.), The New Poverty Studies: The Ethnography of Power, Politics, and Impoverished People in the United States

Community Development

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice K. Johnson Butterfield ◽  
Benson Chisanga
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Recent Trends

Community development is a planned approach to improving the standard of living and well-being of disadvantaged populations in the United States and internationally. An overview of community development is provided. The objectives of community development include economic development and community empowerment, based on principles of community participation, self-help, integration, community organizing, and capacity building. Community building and asset-based approaches are recent trends and innovations. Community development is interdisciplinary, with models and methods derived from disciplines such as social work and urban planning. The entry examines linkages between community development and macro practice, including an increase in employment opportunities for social workers.

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