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Verma, Satish; Lewis, Phillip A., Jr. – Journal of Extension, 1978
The article reports on a three-year community development project in rural Louisiana involving seven small communities under the supervision of the local extension community resource development agent. The community development principles presented focus on methodology rather than program content, and may thus be used by extension agents and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Change, Community Development
Batten, T.R.; Batten, Madge – 1967
This book assesses the nature, advantages, and limitations of the nondirective or community development approach to social betterment. Two advantages are claimed for this approach: people are more likely to act on what they have freely decided to do than on what others have tried to persuade them to do; through participation in the process of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Organizations, Group Discussion
Larkin, Willie D. – 1986
This handbook provides instructions to help communities form county rural development (CRD) committees. Guidelines are applicable to committee work in general and to community involvement in identifying and discussing local problems, determining community needs, setting goals, identifying available resources, securing adequate leadership, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Committees, Community Development, Community Involvement
2002
This document is intended to assist local authorities in England and Wales who are interested in forming local strategic partnerships (LSPs) with the community and voluntary sectors. Section 1 presents the following guidelines for LSPs when developing a community strategy to meet local priorities: (1) have each local area prepare a plan to improve…
Descriptors: Blacks, Case Studies, Community Coordination, Community Development
Irish National Association of Adult Education, Dublin. – 2000
Ireland's economic and social problems in the 1980s spawned a new kind of community education. Key characteristics of the new community education are as follows: (1) it is a learning environment and located in the community; (2) it provides learning programs based on identified needs; (3) its control remains in the local community's hands; (4) its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Role
Aspen Systems Corp., Germantown, MD. – 1981
This Project SHARE bibliography lists 43 documents that are representative of the literature concerning the effects of neighborhood consensus on human services delivery. It is divided into three sections: abstracts, an alphabetical list of personal or corporate authors, and a title index. The abstracts are preceded by citation data to aid in…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrator Guides, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Control