From the Participants' Viewpoint: A Basic Model of the Community Development Process

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There has recently been a revival of interest in conceptual models of the community development process. This paper is a contribution and response to that discussion. The results from a study of three community development projects using a standardized data collection method are presented. The data are used to construct a model of the community development process as it is experienced and remembered by the community workers and citizen participants involved—it is presented as a "basic" model in Havelockian terms. The model shows that the change process in community development consists of purposive movement through a series of small-scale, problemsolving activities culminating in the resolution of the community concern that initiated the community development activity.

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