Community Planning Perspective and Its Role within the Social Policy of the Municipalities

Ivana Butoracova Sindleryova, Michal Garaj and Lucia Dancisinova
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Ivana Butoracova Sindleryova: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Bucianska 4/A, Trnava 91701, Slovakia
Michal Garaj: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Bucianska 4/A, Trnava 91701, Slovakia
Lucia Dancisinova: Faculty of Management, Presov University, Konstantinova 16, Presov 08001, Slovakia

Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Community planning solves policy making at different levels of the state’s functioning. Each case has a specific aim and reflects the requirements of citizens. The structure of aims is adjusted to collective and individual levels of clarification of the effect on maximization of potential applications of community planning. The research was realized in the perspective of the municipalities of the Slovak Republic. We used a participatory model of community planning policy as a main tool of community planning potential detection. We emphasized the specific adjustment of community planning to social policy in the Slovak Republic. Data collection was realized by the quantitative research method of a questionnaire. The data were evaluated by a correlation analysis to identify the measure of relationship between variables. Cross-Tabs were used for description of observed categories representation. The results showed a positive effect of the public sector on maximization of community planning policy. On the other hand, the potential declined with rising involvement of the public sector. Individual approach of leading researchers had minimum or no effect on success. It is a collective perspective that decides. In confrontation with the current state, the research represents a unique approach and confirms the exceptionality of the issue. It identifies with the previous findings about a positive contribution of the public participation in community planning. The public perceives the problems critically, expresses the requirements and needs, proposes different solutions and represents important human capital. Additionally, it can make use of contacts and multiply the use of local resources.

Keywords: community planning; social policy; public policy; sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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