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Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2012
"In areas like ours, everything we've ever had we fought for. It wasn't just handed to us," says Anna Hutchison, a community activist and one of the founders of the North Edinburgh Social History Group. For decades, Anna tells the author, the community has had to struggle for the basic amenities others in the city take for granted,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Urban Areas, Social History, Activism
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Eriksson, Lisbeth; Forsberg, Anette – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
On the basis of a three-year study of the role of popular education in local development processes in Sweden (2006-2008), this paper sets out to outline the role of popular education as a development actor in rural and urban contexts. Two different scenarios and approaches are discussed. One is the role of popular education in rural areas, which…
Descriptors: Community Development, Popular Education, Urban Areas, Rural Areas