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Toward a More Restricted Definition of Community Development.
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Whitford, James R. – 1969
Basing his discussion on an earlier paper Dr. Charles J. Erasmus ("Community Development and the Encogido Syndrome"), the author argues that community development should be defined in a more restricted fashion than has been done; that the techniques and limitations of the community development worker should be more clearly recognized;…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Definitions, Ethnic Groups
The Literature of Community Development: A Bibliographic Guide.
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Mezirow, Jack D. – 1963
Designed primarily to help improve the training of Peace Corps personnel, this 1,585 item bibliography seeks to provide students of community development with a classification system that serves as the basis of a selected literature review in each of 20 subject fields. Regional designations include General and Comparative, Africa, Asia (general),…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Bibliographies, Community Development, Cultural Influences
Administrative Problems of Technical Assistance to Community Development and Agricultural Extension.
Safa-Isfahani, Manouchehr – 1967
An attempt was made to analyze the administrative problems of United States technical assistance to community development and agricultural extension programs in the Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, Thailand, and Nigeria, with emphasis on field problems and on the point of view of local administrators, field technicians, and local people. The concept…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Consultants, Developing Nations
Evaluating Development Projects; A Manual for the Use of Field Workers.
Hayes, Samuel P., Jr. – 1966
In this manual, an attempt is made to demonstrate how certain social science measurements can be adapted to help field workers in economic and community development assess initial conditions before a project is begun, to measure the extent to which various attempts at producing social change have succeeded, to determine the overall result of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Developing Nations
WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY ACTION, AN INTERNATIONAL CASEBOOK FOR TRAINED COMMUNITY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY LEADERS.
KING, CLARENCE – 1966
DRAWING EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND COMMUNITY ACTION FROM THE UNITED STATES, PUERTO RICO, IRAN, INDIA, KENYA, AND 14 OTHER COUNTRIES (MOSTLY DEVELOPING NATIONS), THIS CASEBOOK STRESSES COOPERATION BY TRAINED COMMUNITY WORKERS AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. SEPARATE SECTIONS DEAL WITH MEANS OF DEVELOPING RAPPORT…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Committees, Community Action
Educational Policy and the Two Major Approaches to Disaster Relief in the Third World.
Harris, Christopher – 1985
In this paper, two major schools of thought regarding disaster and disaster assistance are identified and examined in order to bring to light their underlying assumptions about assistance and development in the Third World. The first section discusses the context of the problem, citing figures and presenting charts to illustrate the scope and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Earthquakes, Ecological Factors