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Five Achieving change: the rise of partnerships and their impact on community development practice

Abstract

Within the campaigning community work during the 1970s, the purpose of the community development role was to support local communities to challenge and make demands of the local state. Pressure was viewed as the way to achieving change. This chapter looks at the way practitioners worked by drawing on the examples provided by the interviewees. It compares and contrasts these earlier confrontational approaches with the shift towards practice within a community planning framework. It also looks at the community development inspired by conflict approaches including the recent shift towards a community planning model based on dialogue and partnership working.

Abstract

Within the campaigning community work during the 1970s, the purpose of the community development role was to support local communities to challenge and make demands of the local state. Pressure was viewed as the way to achieving change. This chapter looks at the way practitioners worked by drawing on the examples provided by the interviewees. It compares and contrasts these earlier confrontational approaches with the shift towards practice within a community planning framework. It also looks at the community development inspired by conflict approaches including the recent shift towards a community planning model based on dialogue and partnership working.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Foreword iv
  4. Community Development Foundation (CDF) v
  5. Acknowledgements vi
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Community development: historical overview 7
  8. A seat at the table? The changing context for community development 17
  9. Can we do more? Assessing the purpose and role of community development 31
  10. Achieving change: the rise of partnerships and their impact on community development practice 55
  11. Who is it for? Accountability and community development 75
  12. Where is community development today? 93
  13. References 113
  14. Appendix: The interviewees 117
  15. Index 129
Making spaces for community development
This chapter is in the book Making spaces for community development
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847422606-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Foreword iv
  4. Community Development Foundation (CDF) v
  5. Acknowledgements vi
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Community development: historical overview 7
  8. A seat at the table? The changing context for community development 17
  9. Can we do more? Assessing the purpose and role of community development 31
  10. Achieving change: the rise of partnerships and their impact on community development practice 55
  11. Who is it for? Accountability and community development 75
  12. Where is community development today? 93
  13. References 113
  14. Appendix: The interviewees 117
  15. Index 129
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