Titre du document / Document title

Community organizing and comprehensive community initiatives : Symposium on families and neighborhoods, community and university partnerships = L'organisation communautaire et les initiatives communautaires étendues

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

JOSEPH M. ⁽¹⁾ ; OGLETREE R. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Chapin Hall Center for Children, Chicago, Illinois, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

In order for comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) to be sustained beyond their initial funding period, they must take hold in a community and develop the capacity of community members to control and guide the community-building process. Given that CCIs are usually formulated largely by sources external to the community, such as private foundations and government agencies, it can be difficult for CCIs to achieve the necessary level of local participation. Furthermore, conflicts over the dynamics of power within the CCI, and differences over internal versus external interest, can make interaction between external agents and community members problematic. The author suggests that CCIs can increase their chances of promoting effective, sustainable community development through the devotion of resources to a community organizing process that is implemented early in the initiative, and remains an integrated part of the search to identify and build upon the assets of the community

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of sociology and social welfare   ISSN 0191-5096 

Source / Source

1998, vol. 25, n^o1, pp. 71-79

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Werstern Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, ETATS-UNIS  (1973) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Community Life ; Organization ; Social Participation ; Institutions ; Social Control ; Social construction ; Foundation ; Local government ; Central administration ; Community Power ; Social dynamic ; Community Development ; Sustainable development ; Financial resource ; Identification ; Social Identity ; Social Integration ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Vie communautaire ; Organisation ; Participation sociale ; Institution ; Contrôle social ; Construction sociale ; Fondation ; Administration locale ; Administration centrale ; Pouvoir local ; Dynamique sociale ; Développement communautaire ; Développement durable ; Ressource financière ; Identification ; Identité sociale ; Intégration sociale ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 22316, 35400007523021.0040