Capacity-building, Representation and Intracommunity Conflict

Peter Shirlow and Brendan Murtagh
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Peter Shirlow: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 ISA, UK, p.shirlow@ulster.ac.uk
Brendan Murtagh: School of Environmental Planning, The Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK, b.murtagh@qub.ac.uk

Urban Studies, 2004, vol. 41, issue 1, 57-70

Abstract: This paper explores the nature of community capacity-building in the context of local development. It challenges some of the simplistic constructions of community as a distinctive stakeholder with a shared set of values and clear identity. Even in apparently homogeneous place-based communities such as in the Catholic Ardoyne area of North Belfast there are important differences in the way in which local people interact with the organised voluntary sector. The paper concludes by highlighting the need to reach deeper into the concerns of local people, rather than the priorities of statutory funders, as a basis for service provision and local planning.

Date: 2004
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