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Dale, Jennifer; Derricourt, Nick – Community Development Journal, 1990
Three years' observation of a community development project on a council housing estate in England, focusing on housing issues, produced a qualitative assessment of the process of the project at the management and community level. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Housing

Christian, Mark – Community Development Journal, 1998
Attempts to clarify empowerment as used in black communities in the United Kingdom, using Liverpool as a case study. Illustrates the ambiguity of the concept and the incomplete success of empowerment initiatives for community development and improvement. (SK)
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Action, Community Development, Empowerment

Cruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1989
Discusses a study of burnout among 25 community development practitioners. Indicates that those experiencing more severe forms of burnout were employed in grassroots staff positions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Burnout, Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries

Knox, Colin; Hughes, Joanne – Community Development Journal, 1994
Offers a case study that examines the methodological problems of evaluating a community relations program in Northern Ireland. Recommends a quantitative and qualitative approach to evaluation and raises issues that must be addressed when evaluating community development programs. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Policy

Booth, Martin – Community Development Journal, 1997
Two community councils in England (Middlesbrough and Islington) used very different organizational models in implementing decentralization and democratization policies. Both communities considered community development and participation central to the success of the policies. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Decentralization, Foreign Countries, Local Government

O'Neal, Gwenelle S.; O'Neal, Rondald A. – Community Development Journal, 2003
A survey of 26 human service agencies in an empowerment zone found the following: 73% used interns, few from social work; 57% used empowerment in mission statements (more economic than social agencies); 69% of these wanted community practice interns; and higher-budget agencies were better able to negotiate the empowerment zone system. (Contains 20…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Planning, Internship Programs

Murray, Michael – Community Development Journal, 2000
Interviews with 28 community coalitions in the Healthy Communities initiative should that:(1) communities must recognize their interdependence; (2) ownership of community agendas should be shared; (3) coalitions should broaden representation; and (4) sustainability may be enhanced by support infrastructures and a bottom-up perspective. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Health Promotion, Social Capital

Cruikshank, Jane – Community Development Journal, 1994
Interviews with 27 "outsider" community development workers explored such issues as who benefits from outsider intervention, raising unrealistic expectations, and differing levels of risk. Workers must be aware of their considerable power (information, connections, and expertise) and the values that shape their use of it. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Expectation, Foreign Countries

Hoatson, Lesley – Community Development Journal, 2001
Interviews with 55 British and 40 Australian community development practitioners identified common phases experienced under New Right governments: retreat/isolation, adaptation/defense, and rebuilding. Britain's experiences suggest that community development practice is resilient, but reliance on government funding may restrain activism. (Contains…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Development, Federal Aid, Foreign Countries

Laverack, Glenn – Community Development Journal, 2001
Concept mapping of case studies resulted in nine organizational domains for community empowerment: participation, leadership, organizational structures, problem assessment, resource mobilization, critical awareness, linkages, outside agents, and program management. The domains provide a way to define and measure empowerment. (Contains 45…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement

Kay, Alan – Community Development Journal, 2000
The arts can play a role in regeneration of areas of economic, social, cultural, and environmental disadvantage. Field study of four arts projects in Scotland identified (1) the need for community consultation and involvement; (2) uses of hard and soft data; (3) strategic use of the arts within overall community regeneration policy; and (4) the…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Disadvantaged, Fine Arts

Alcock, Pete; Christensen, Lars – Community Development Journal, 1995
Case studies of two British and two Danish community-based organizations show that they developed as a result of both top-down government support and bottom-up community activity, and they operate both in and against the state. Recent reductions in government support threatens the future development of the community base of social policy, even…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries

Setterlund, Deborah; Abbott, Joan – Community Development Journal, 1995
Fifteen older women involved as volunteers faced several barriers to participation: pain, disability, family obligations, assumptions about age, transportation, and different patterns and pace of life. Structural changes that would enhance older people's contributions to community life were suggested. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Females, Foreign Countries

Haidari, Shokrullah Hamd; Wright, Susan – Community Development Journal, 2001
An ethnographic study of Kalhor nomads in Iran showed that the government's top-down approach to development and weak local institutions obscure the impact of technology on women and poor people. Despite rhetoric about participation, these groups are not consulted about their needs, priorities, and interests. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Ethnography, Females

Speak, Suzanne – Community Development Journal, 2000
Research was conducted on a British housing estate where children had opportunities to comment on their neighborhood and develop a voice in local government. Results suggested that barriers to adult participation might be avoided if they are encouraged to participate when young. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
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