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Peer reviewedMcCormack, Cathy – Community Development Journal, 1993
The health problems caused by damp housing in Glasgow, Scotland, led to a grass-roots community action campaign that improved living conditions. A second step was preventive health measures and research into other causes of ill health in disadvantaged areas. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedThomson, Cathie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1991
The recommendations of Scotland's 1975 Alexander Report for increasing adult education participation and Tom Lovett's development of a social action model with working class adults in Liverpool and Ireland are used as background to an examination of Scottish projects that use a community work approach to involve nonparticipating adults in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Control, Community Development, Community Organizations
