A purposeful community: the region as a focus for community capacity building
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | A purposeful community: the region as a focus for community capacity building |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2778 |
Book Title | Community capacity building: lessons from adult learning in Australia |
Authors | Postle, Glen David (Author) and Danaher, Patrick Alan (Author) |
Editors | Postle, Glen David, Burton, Lorelle Jane and Danaher, Patrick Alan |
Page Range | 226-243 |
Chapter Number | 14 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | NIACE |
Place of Publication | Leicester, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781862017221 |
9781862017252 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://shop.niace.org.uk/community-capacity-building.html |
Abstract | A key defining feature of successful and sustainable communities is a clearly articulated sense of purpose. This is crucial in helping community members to identify who they are and what their communities are seeking to achieve. Likewise regions – composed of multiple communities – need to exhibit a clear sense of purpose if they are to function as supportive and transformative frameworks for community development rather than merely as geographical boundaries. This chapter explores the vital nexus between communities and regions by elaborating notions of community capacity-building distilled from several disciplines. Similarly, examples of effective contemporary capacity-building clustered around this nexus are analysed from diverse national perspectives. The authors argue that regionally focused approaches to community capacity-building are often successful in their own right, particularly if they are based on clearly enunciated principles, as well as contributing powerfully to national and global citizenship. |
Keywords | capacity building; communities; purposes; regions |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified |
390301. Continuing and community education | |
461010. Social and community informatics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2576/a-purposeful-community-the-region-as-a-focus-for-community-capacity-building
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