{"title":"Community participation in enterprise development programmes for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Ghana","authors":"Eric Nordjo, Evans Sakyi Boadu, Albert Ahenkan","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2260878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2260878","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTTo trickle down poverty in rural areas, development partners and national governments have instituted enterprise development programmes which call for the establishment of some participatory frameworks to enable rural entrepreneurs determine for themselves, the exact Business Development Service (BDS) they desire to bring about economic improvement and social change. In ensuring that the concept of participation is not merely a wish list, the article modified Choguill’s ladder of community participation as a de facto lens to examine whether “participation” really exists in these programmes by drawing on evidence from the Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) in Ghana. Using qualitative in-depth interviews grounded in a single case study design (REP), the study observed that despite the existence of structures that appear to involve entrepreneurs at all stages of the decision-making process, beneficiaries think otherwise. Notwithstanding, some context and power-induced factors were identified to have accounted for these discrepancies.KEYWORDS: Community participationrural enterprisebusiness development servicespoverty reductionGhana Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136313270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attitude toward innovation and its implications for rural community development in Mexican peasant organizations","authors":"Ana L. Burgos, Octavio T. Barrera-Perales","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2255997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2255997","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47237635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the role of social capital in advancing climate change mitigation and disaster risk reduction","authors":"Simeon Bernados, L. Ocampo","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2253316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2253316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47091783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A community of practice design for capacity-building programs: The Chicago Peace Fellows","authors":"L. Dush","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2022.2076137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2022.2076137","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While much has been written about the curricular content and outcomes of capacity-building programs in community development, we know less about how theories of learning inform program design. This article presents a descriptive case study of the Chicago Peace Fellows, a capacity-building program for community leaders that was guided by a community of practice approach to learning. The case highlights four priorities to guide design of the tools, spaces, activities, and social arrangements of capacity building: 1) nurture participants’ identification as members of a community of practice; 2) offer participants opportunities to jointly negotiate meaning and expand their knowledgeability; 3) provide avenues for communities to persist and expand; and 4) commit to equity. The analysis describes how each priority was enacted in the Chicago Peace Fellows program and how participants responded, with an aim to provide useful guidance for designers of capacity-building programs.","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":"54 1","pages":"749 - 766"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41726027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Craig Talmage","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2247690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2247690","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Community Development Readers, We, as an editorial team, are pleased to bring you a selection of articles that showcase the intersections between methods, models, and engagement strategies for community development research and practice. These articles span across topics such as rethinking wildlife conservation, addressing community trauma, using photovoice in disadvantaged urban communities, leveraging face-to-face interactions, applying a facilitating partner model, building community capacity for peace, engaging citizens for coproducing community services, and examining community readiness for ecotourism and sustainable development. Each of these articles offer a unique look on the variety of articles our journal can feature. We hope you enjoy these pieces. I, personally, thank our editorial board members and editorial team: Managing editor Dr. Sofia Kotsiri; associate editors Drs. Brien Ashdown, Bryan Hains, Kristina Hains, and Matthew Mars; and book reviews editor, Dr. Anne Silvis. You can stay informed about our new articles published online and in issues by subscribing to RSS feed and/or our alerts on","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":"54 1","pages":"629 - 630"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48075247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disempowerment versus empowerment: Analyzing power dynamics in professional community development","authors":"Celina V. Tchida, Margaret Stout","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2247470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2247470","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49317262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infrastructure development and community wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa: A structural equation modeling – based contribution from Cameroon","authors":"Balgah Roland Azibo, Ntu Louis Sonkey","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2248256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2248256","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46170548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An autoethnographic exploration of ABCD within a rural pre-service education course","authors":"Dorian L. Harrison","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2244585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2244585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44813158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intergenerational family farm leadership, organizational innovativeness, and resiliency","authors":"Sean P. Lally, M. Mars","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2244587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2244587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48337488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishing a university-partnership model to #EliminateBookDeserts in urban communities","authors":"Tiffany A. Flowers","doi":"10.1080/15575330.2023.2232440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2232440","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46872,"journal":{"name":"Community Development","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42040688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}