The British Community Development Projects: Questioning the State

From a Government-Based Partnership to a Civic-Governed Paradigm

“…The universal underlying assumption was that the relocation of disadvantaged populations into new housing developments would eliminate the roots of poverty and social distress (King et al, 1987). Yet the Israeli model differed from other programs because it stemmed from other motivations than in the US or other counties, where business and economic concerns were leading factors in the governments' decisions to launch their urban renewal programs (Loney, 1981;Musterd & Ostendorf, 2008). The U.S. government placed urban renewal in the hands of private developers, who replaced housing for the poor with upper income housing.…”

Education and Health Promotion: New Direction

“…Early perceptions of need may be limited and misplaced and the process of developing awareness may be long and slow. Community developers may also find themselves in political conflict with their employers (37) and are frequently reluctant to evaluate their efforts so that other workers may learn from their experiences (38). 125 …”

Researching the local politics and practices of radical Community Development Projects in 1970s Britain

“…The Community Development Journal has a long track record as a vehicle for reporting, debating and analysing the work of the CDPsboth as they were happening and in subsequent decades. For example, in 1974 a 24-page overview and analysis of the work of the national CDP to date was published (Community Development Project Working Group, 1974);during 1981-1982, a series of four review articles was included on the literature generated by the CDPs (Loney, 1981;Sharman, 1981;Lambert, 1981;Kraushaar, 1982); and in the early 1990s, Green and Chapman (1992) offered a retrospective account of the lessons of the national CDP. From the vantage point of early twenty-first century Britain, we now offer a fresh evaluation of the work and legacies of local CDPs.…”