BALANCING AUTONOMY AND CAPACITY IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: THE DILEMMA OF OFFICIAL RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS |
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| Authors: | Richard C Rich |
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| Institution: | RICHARD C. RICH is Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a former W.K. Kellogg National Fellow who has published both books and articles in the areas of citizen participation, neighborhood organizations. public service delivery, and urban development, and is currently doing research related to each of these subjects. He is an active member of the Neighborhood Research and Development Consortium currently housed at The University of Notre Dame. |
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| Abstract: | Community organization helps relatively powerless groups improve their political bargaining position by increasing the stability. persistence, and standing of the group… But… community organizations of relatively powerless groups remain constrained by their need to secure resources and develop incentives to attract constituents. For the most part, those may be acquired only through interactions requiring compromises of group independence and goals. |
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