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Peer reviewedHawkins, John N. – Education and Urban Society, 1986
Analyzes the intergroup relations in Japanese society and Japan's educational system. Challenges the view that Japan is a homogeneous society by presenting the various forms of discrimination against Koreans, Ainu, and the burakumin. Suggests that despite ostracism and isolation, groups can affect public policy and achieve social advancement. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Action, Community Change, Community Development
Download full textUnited Nations, New York, NY. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs. – 1971
A first attempt is made to place in perspective the accumulated experience of nearly 20 years of community development activity in both developed and developing countries. The purpose of this study is to stimulate further inquiry into community development practice, process, and theory in order for it to become a more effective instrument in the…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developed Nations
Martin, Ian; Shaw, Mae – 2001
An analysis of community development in British state policy during the post-war period identifies these four discourses of citizenship implicit within successive phases of policy development: social democracy and the problem of the inactive citizen; structuralist critique and the problem of citizen action; marketization and the problem of citizen…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1988
These proceedings contain summaries of papers presented at a 1988 conference held to explore the Local Economic Development Action (LEDA) Program of the European Community. Titles and authors are as follows: "Opening Address" (George Yennimatas); "Getting to the Heart of Local Development" (Haris Martinos); "Les Baronnies:…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Development
Turner, Dave – 2002
For the last 15 years, a series of policy initiatives have advocated for development of employability skills by young and unemployed people in the United Kingdom. The call for these employability skills has been championed by these two distinct but related movements: the Key Skills Development Movement (KSDM) and the Enterprising Skills…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Community Development, Developed Nations
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2002
This brochure, part of a series about good practices in vocational training in the European Union, describes 10 projects that have promoted investment in human resources through training in the tourism sector to promote sustainable, or responsible, tourism. The projects and their countries of origin are as follows: (1) BEEFT, training of mobility…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Vocational Education, Community Development, Cultural Background
