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| Community Development Journal | 4 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Opinion Papers | 4 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedStreatfield, David – Community Development Journal, 1980
This article examines some of the reasons why community workers get involved with neighborhood information centers, and shows how unrealistic expectations of these workers can limit and disguise the achievements of these centers. (SK)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Action, Community Information Services, Community Organizations
Peer reviewedSchuftan, Claudio – Community Development Journal, 1996
This taxonomy of effective community development approaches in service delivery, capacity building, advocacy, and social mobilization identifies the degree to which they can empower people. (SK)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Classification, Community Development, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedCheckoway, Barry – Community Development Journal, 1995
Distinguishes among six strategies of community change, identifies citizen participation as only one of several approaches, and challenges practitioners to fit the strategy to their situation and determine which is most apt to empower their community. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Change
Peer reviewedOliver, Quintin; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1990
Includes "Community Development in Areas of Political and Social Conflict" (Oliver); "Women and Development in Peru" (Barrig); "Some Reflections on Community Development Experiences in Brazil" (O'Gorman); "Informal Networks for Pre-School Children in a Black Community in South Africa" (Lines); "The…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advocacy, Blacks, Community Development
