scholarly journals No Honor in Genocide: A Case Study of Street Renaming and Community Organizing in the Wake of National Decolonization Efforts

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Margo Hill
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizing

Agenda Setting and Immigrant Politics

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 1235-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Landolt ◽  
Luin Goldring ◽  
Judith K. Bernhard
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Political Opportunity Structure ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Immigrant Politics ◽  
Over Time

The authors identify and analyze patterns of community organizing among Latin Americans in Toronto for the period from the 1970s to the 2000s as part of a broader analysis of Latin American immigrant politics. They draw on the concept of social fields to map Latin American community politics and to capture a wide range of relevant organizations, events, and strategic moments that feed into the constitution of more visible and formal organizations. Five distinct waves of Latin American migration to Toronto produce three types of community organizations: ethno-national, intersectional panethnic, and mainstream panethnic groupings. This migration pattern also leads to a layering process as established organizations evolve and new migrant groups with specific priorities and ways of organizing emerge. The authors present a case study of the development and agenda-setting process of the Centre for Spanish Speaking People, a mainstream, multiservice, panethnic organization. Agenda setting is defined as the process of defining the vision and mission of an organization or cluster of organizations. The case study captures how a mainstream panethnic organization mediates between diverse in-group agendas of Latin American immigrants and out-group, specifically, state-generated, agendas, and how this agenda-setting process changes over time in tune with shifts in the political opportunity structure. The authors propose, however, that agenda setting is a dialogic social process that involves more than navigating the existing political opportunity structure. Agenda setting involves in-group and out-group dialogues embedded within a complex organizational field. It is an instance of political learning. The analysis of these dialogues over time for a specific group and organization captures immigrant politics in practice.

scholarly journals Corruption Prevention through Community Organizing:

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Nurul Huda Sakib
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizing ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Youth Engagement ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Transparency International ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Corruption Prevention ◽  
Governance Transparency ◽  
Depth Interviews

Engaging citizens through a community-based organisation is not a newphenomenon. Research around the world has shown that citizenengagement is one of the most significant ways of combating corruption and promoting good governance. Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is undertaking similar types of activities through the Committee of Concerned Citizens (CCCs) and Youth Engagement and Support (YES) Groups. The question is, how much difference is it making in society vis-à-vis preventing corruption? Considering TIB as a case study drawing in-depth interviews, participation observation and document analysis, this paper has found that both CCCs and YES activities are dominated by coercive and mimetic isomorphism to prevent corruption. Second, TIB has managed to create awareness through engaging citizens, the whole process as a ‘tortoise movement.' This suggests that the movement against the corruption of these groups is prolonged and time-consuming, and more importantly, it does not make ‘direct impact’ on service delivery. Third, it also suggests that donor-driven ‘isomorphic’ approach may prove to be less effective, considering the societal context of Bangladesh. Finally, this paper also identified some loopholes that are mainly linked with the ‘tortoise movement.

scholarly journals PENGORGANISASIAN KELOMPOK TANI DALAM MEMPERJUANGKAN PERHUTANAN SOSIAL (STUDI KASUS PENGORGANISASIAN STAM DI DESA MENTASAN, KECAMATAN KAWUNGANTEN, KABUPATEN CILACAP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titin Marliyana
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Social Forestry ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Media ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Government

<p><em>Forest can be considered as rich natural resources, but many people who lives near the forest is living in poverty because of agrarian conflicts and wrong management of the forest by Perhutani. StaM organized farmers group to resolve the agrarian conflicts in Cilacap regency. Mantesan village experiences some problems with Perhutani, and STaM conducts assistancing program by proposing Social Forestry. From the explanation above, researcher wants to investigate the motivation of StaM doing the organizing program, how the organizing program is carried, and the difficulty in carrying the organizing program. Social Movement theory from Tarrow is used to investigate the organizing program which can be a social movement. Qualitative study with case study approach is conducted to answer the research questions. Research partcipants are selected by using purposive sampling method. The data in this research will be collected through interview and supporting documment. Technique of data collection will be conducted through observation, interview, and docummentation. The data validity will be tested by carrying out triangualtion of data source and data analysis of Miles and Huberman interactive model.The results of the research reveal that the need of the farmer is causing certain behaviour which lead them to form farmers group to fullfill the farmers’ need. Organizing program is carried out to fight the powerless farmer to create some changes for the farmer can adapt to resolve their problems. Organizing program is carried out because there are problem and potential solution, intervention to the direction of change, and people who involved in intervention. To carry out Organizing Program, StaM considers the principle, the model, the media and the procedure of organising. The difficulties found in this research are agrarian reformation issue which become the sensitive issue, farmers group who’s experiencing burnout, the lack of cooperativeness from the government, and the lack of respond from the society to change.</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>Agrarian Conflict, Community Organizing, Social Forestry.</em></strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong><strong></strong></p><p>Hutan merupakan sumber daya alam tergolong kaya, namun banyak masyarakat sekitar hutan dalam kategori miskin akibat adanya konflik agraria dan pengelolaan hutan yang salah oleh Perhutani. STaM melakukan pengorganisasian pada kelompok tani untuk menyelesaikan konflik agraria di Kabupaten Cilacap. Desa Mentasan mengalami konflik dengan perhutani dan STaM melakukan pendampingan dengan mengusulkan perhutanan sosial. Peneliti ingin mengetahui motivasi STaM melakukan pengorganisasian, bagaimana pengorganisasian dilakukan, dan kendala yang dihadapi dalam melakukan pegorganisasian. Teori gerakan sosial dari Tarrow digunakan untuk melihat pengorganisasian yang dilakukan menjadi sebuah gerakan sosial. Metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus digunakan untuk menjawab rumusan masalah. Infoman penelitian ditentukan melalui purposive sampling. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara langsung dan dokumen pendukung. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Validitas data melalui teknik triangulasi sumber dan analisis data menggunakan model interaktif Miles dan Huberman. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa kebutuhan petani, menyebabkan tingkah laku untuk membentuk kelompok tani dengan tujuan memenuhi kebutuhan petani. Pengorganisasian dilakukan untuk melawan ketidakberdayaan petani guna menciptakan perubahan agar petani mampu beradaptasi menghadapi permasalahannya. Pengorganisasian dilakukan karena adanya persoalan dan potensi penyelesaian, intervesi ke arah perubahan, dan pihak yang terlibat dalam intervensi. Dalam melakukan pengorganisasian, STaM mempertimbangkan prinsip pengorganisasian, bentuk model dan media pengorganisasian, dan langkah-langkah maupun tahapan pengorganisasian. Kendala yang dihadapi yaitu isu reforma agraria merupakan isu yang sangat sensitif, kelompok tani mengalami kejenuhan, kurangnya kerjasama dari aktor-aktor pemerintahan, dan kurangnya respon dari masyarakat untuk menuju perubahan.</p><p><strong>Kata kunci:</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Konflik Agraria, Pengorganisasian Masyarakat, Perhutanan Sosial.</strong><strong></strong></p>

Teaching Community Organizing? A Postmodernist Comparison Between Alinsky's Conflict and Eichler's Consensus Models

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Paul Force-Emery Mackie ◽  
George Leibowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Teaching Community ◽  
Consensus Models ◽  
Common Area

Social work students are expected to develop competency in and be able to use macro practice concepts in communities. One common area of macro practice involves organizing communities to improve socioeconomic environments. This article compares 2 prevailing models of community organization— Alinsky's conflict and Eichler's consensus models— from a postmodernist perspective. The goal is to guide educators and students in determining the appropriate use of each model based on the conditions influencing the need to organize. A case study is included to provide an opportunity to engage in a critical thinking exercise aimed at further honing practitioners’ skills.

scholarly journals Strategies of Resistance and Disengagement in an Ethnic Enclave: EI Barrio in Aurora, Illinois

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-89
Author(s):  
Jack Thornburg
Keyword(s):  
Community Organizing ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Ethnic Enclave ◽  
The Political ◽  
Small City ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
School Drop Out ◽  
The City

This paper is a case study of a small city undergoing a process of demographic and ethnic change in community, empowerment, and political participation. For the dominant ethnic group these changes are threatening, but resisting the Latino community that they fear tends to set in motion the very conditions that exacerbate the growing prevalence of poverty and the attendant problems of gangs, domestic violence, and school drop-out rates. For the Latino community the challenge to such resistance is through community organizing and bringing pressure upon the city for inclusion in the political structure to influence policy regarding these problems.

scholarly journals Participatory Development of Technologies as a Way to Increase Community Participation: the Cidade de Deus Web Portal Case

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celso Alexandre Souza de Alvear ◽  
Michel Thiollent
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Community Based Organizations

This article aims to discuss the process of development and improvement of a community web portal from the perspective of references such as social capital, solidary technology, local development and community organizing. As a case study we used the Cidade de Deus web portal (www.cidadededeus.org.br), result of a project of the Technical Solidarity Lab (Soltec / UFRJ) with community-based organizations (CBOs) of Cidade de Deus. Our main hypothesis is that more important than the technology itself, the process of developing this technology in a participatory manner can encourage community participation.

Zoned for Change: A Historical Case Study of the Belmont Zone of Choice

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Ramón A. Martínez ◽  
Karen H. Quartz
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Organizations

Background/Context Over the past two decades, scholars have increasingly called for educational leaders to collaborate with community-based organizations in their efforts to bring about school reform. Observing that school reform efforts often fail to include those most impacted by failing policies and practices, these scholars have turned their attention to the role of community organizations that advocate on behalf of parents and students in under-served communities. These scholars have explored the potential of community organizing strategies for transforming public schools, documenting the crucial role of strategic alliances between community-based organizations and school district officials in bringing about greater equity and improved student outcomes. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study The purpose of this study is to explore how educational leaders and community-based organizations collaborated to bring about unprecedented education reform in the nation's second largest school district. Research Design This historical case study is based on in-depth interviews with 11 high-profile school district, union, community, and other educational leaders across seven key partner institutions and organizations that were involved in the development of the Belmont Zone of Choice from 2001 to 2009. Conclusions/Recommendations This study reveals the kinds of obstacles facing reformers in large urban school districts, and it illustrates how concerned educators, community-based organizations, and educational reformers can form strategic alliances to fight for meaningful change in underserved communities. Rather than provide a simplistic or idealistic depiction of collaboration, however, this case study illustrates the tensions and struggles that emerged as diverse—and sometimes antagonistic—social actors collaborated to bring about education reform at the local level. It also illustrates that strategic alliances are not necessarily sufficient to ensure successful reform implementation within contexts of political and economic asymmetry. As such, the history of the Belmont Zone of Choice highlights both the promise and challenge of community organizing for school reform.

scholarly journals The challenges and contradictions of state-funded community organizing

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Grimshaw ◽  
Lewis Mates ◽  
Andie Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
The North ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Community Organizers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe UK coalition government introduced the Community Organisers Programme in 2010, providing state funding to train community organizers in England for the first time. This article presents a case study in the north of England, exploring the implementation of the programme. It illustrates the challenges and contradictions faced by trainee community organizers and suggests lessons for community practitioners and policymakers of all political complexions in the United Kingdom and other countries.

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