Title

Local Government-Supported Community Development: Community Priorities And Issues Of Autonomy

Abstract

There is increasing support for local solutions to poverty through community-based organizations (CBOs). However, a dilemma remains: How can CBOs secure resources necessary for change and yet maintain autonomy in definition of development priorities and delivery strategies? The authors examine a community-development model used in central Florida that includes local government support in the formation and activities of a CBO, and they explore the threat to community autonomy associated with differences in development priorities between community-based and external forces. The results provide encouraging evidence that development models that include cooperation between local government and low-income communities do not necessarily produce sublimation of community priorities. © 1996 Sage Publications, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Publication Title

Urban Affairs Review

Volume

31

Issue

6

Number of Pages

778-798

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/107808749603100605

Socpus ID

0346411110 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0346411110

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