 Picnics, participation and power: linking community building to social changeJoyce Mandell Community Development, 2010, vol. 41, issue 2, 269-282 Abstract: The main emphasis of the network centric community organizing model is to create social bonds within the neighborhood and to make bridges to connections outside of the neighborhood. The development of this model was strongly influenced by the works of Robert Putnam (2001) who called for an increase of social capital as an antidote for civic disengagement. Critics of the community building approach deny the link between social capital and social change. The case study of the community development corporation, Lawrence Community Works, demonstrates a model for creating social change and neighborhood empowerment based on a community building approach to community organizing. In this mode, social capital hits lead to relationships of place, identity with place and place ownership. Combined with leadership empowerment education and public action opportunities, the “picnics” approach to community organizing results in an increase in civic participation and civic power for local residents. Date: 2010 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:comdev:v:41:y:2010:i:2:p:269-282 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/15575330903548760 Access Statistics for this article Community Development is currently edited by John Green, Rhonda Phillips and Anne Heinze Silvis More articles in Community Development from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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