Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Dependence Theory
- prevailing belief that dev is a product of its own econ,
political, and social structures
- underdev is product of inappropriate econ policies,
wrong politics, damage culture
- also a product of relations b/w metropolis
- characterized by surplus of extraction
- aid, arms and tech for poli, econ and mili control
Community Development
- anchored on participatory development
- deals w/ growth and sustenance, conflict resolution,
rehab & transformation
o thru participation & collective action
- process of transformation of marginalized
communitites to self-reliant ones
- main goal: social transformation and peoples
empowerment
- general ultimate goals:
o enhancement of peoples potential and
capabilities
o participation
o promotion of well-being and welfare
- Approaches:
o Community-based strengthening local
community
o Area-based wider area, but some probs
with sustainability
o Welfare addresses immediate needs of
people who are vulnerable
o Life cycle/right based promotes basic and
primary rights of indivs
Thru adult/youth program
o Armed revolution justifies to overhaul
oppressive system that creates poverty
o
Perspective on Development
- CD perspective
o Dev is achieved by tackling all global issues
o Strategies
Locality Development
Well-being of local
citizens
Social Action
Seeks redistribution of
power, advocacy activities
Social Planning
Rational problem-solving
to address social problems
Involves needs assessments,
analysis of service delivery
mechanisms
Involvement of members in
consultation
Coalitions
Bring ppl together that
may not normally work
together
- Community Nutrition
o Dev implies change, not just growth
o Values and principles:
Community Organizing
- process of building power thru involving people in
identifying & solving problems
Phases
1) Social preparation
a. community integration
b. social investigation
c. identification of potential leaders
d. core group formation
2) Setting up Comm org
a. organizational basis of unity
b. Organizational structure
c. conducting GA
d. plan implementation
3) Consolidation and expansion
- continuous action-reflection-action
4) Phase Out
Community Education
- process in which the poor are able to identify the
reality that oppresses and exploits them
- for awareness and criticalness for the powerless
collective action
- Basic approaches:
o Conventional - authoritarian
o Progressive paternalistic approach
o Liberating humanitarian and democratic
approach
- Principles:
o Participation
o Trainers and participants both learners
o Dialogue and Praxis
- Methods:
o Group discussions
o Exposure
o Case study
o Roleplay
o Structured learning exercises
- Major Phases
o Preparation
o Implementation
o Evaluation