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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
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Hillman, Mick – Community Development Journal, 2002
Environmental justice provides a linking theme with which community development workers and environmental activists can build cross-sectoral coalitions. Examples of Australian environmental problems illustrate constraints that must be overcome. Building vertical and horizontal links between and within nongovernmental organizations is one solution.…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries
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Smith, Greg – Community Development Journal, 1996
Clarifies the value-laden meanings of "community" in community work discourse. Centers on the concepts of Gemeinschaft (community), Gesellschaft (association), and Bund (league or federation). Examines the insights of community studies and the practice of community work within the Judeo-Christian value system. (SK)
Descriptors: Community, Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations
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McConnell, Charlie – Community Development Journal, 1991
Provides an overview of the issues facing community development in Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Discusses possibilities for international cooperation across Europe in the 1990s. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries
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Srinivasan, Viji – Community Development Journal, 1971
A training course about nutrition and immunization for the people of a poor section in Madras was developed by the Community Development project. It was felt that it would be good to train a few of the community members who in turn would teach others. The trainees found this program very pleasant and satisfying. (Author/RR)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Health Services, Community Services
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McKinney, Edward A. – Community Development Journal, 1980
This paper describes an education project to train religious leaders in Cleveland's inner city to become community advocates and change agents. Includes results of a followup survey of participants indicating how their acquired skills are benefitting the community. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Clergy, Community Action
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Armstrong, R. – Community Development Journal, 1977
Offers a five-point program for community education (based on a fluid definition in a British context) which involves school and community education, civic education and participation, community action, public education campaigns, and community relations. (LAS)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Community Action, Community Development
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McCormack, Cathy – Community Development Journal, 1993
The health problems caused by damp housing in Glasgow, Scotland, led to a grass-roots community action campaign that improved living conditions. A second step was preventive health measures and research into other causes of ill health in disadvantaged areas. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Corina, Lewis – Community Development Journal, 1976
British local authority and decision making procedures are described for community developers. Included are potential ways of influencing the authority system, and problems and areas of weakness that may be encountered in dealing with the system. (ABM)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Problems
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Miller, Chris; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1990
Includes "Community Work in the U.K.: Reflections on the 1980s" (Miller, Bryant); "Multiplication and Divisions: Trends in Community Development in Ireland since the 1960s" (Cinneide, Walsh); "Reconstruction to Deconstruction: The Transformation of Community Work in Australia" (Meekosha; Mowbray): "Community…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Cultural Pluralism, Feminism
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Scott, D. W. – Community Development Journal, 1978
The paper describes the Moss Side District Centre (MSCD), a community development project in the inner city of Manchester, England, the problems and struggles associated with it, the social consequences of the MSDC, options for social change, and the need for community action. (MF)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Problems, Foreign Countries