Community Development Assignment 1
Kaysha Whakarau-Twigge
12004012
Community Development: 179.320
Assignment 1: Essay
Community Development
Word count: 2275 (excluding references).
Class coordinator: Polly Yeung
Community development is formed when there is a need for change within a group of people. When people come together with the same vision of helping and changing a community’s way of living, it is essentially what community development is all about. Community development has many different definitions, however they are all based around the same values. The main value community development maintains is that it is about creating and empowering the communities that need help. With this in mind, not only is community development happening in New Zealand it is also happening all over the world. As long as there is communities in need of help and development there will always be that requirement for community development (Kenny, 2011). In this essay I am going to critically discuss my understanding of community development. I will then begin to analyse neo-liberal, Marxism and feminism theory and how it relates to community development practices. I will also apply examples of practices from research and literature. Finally, I will discuss the issues that community development faces when working with tangata whenua in a Treaty of Waitangi and bi-cultural context.
Community development has been around for generations. Community development approaches can provide the chance to practice key, precautionary crisis interventions (Coulshed & Orme, 2010). Community can often refer to many groups of people. This can include very large groups of people to smaller groups. When further analysing communities we notice that some communities need more help than others. You begin to see that communities need help with housing, education, food and advocacy. Community development is about, but not limited to, creating individual welfare rights, advocacy and enabling community self-help
12004012
Community Development: 179.320
Assignment 1: Essay
Community Development
Word count: 2275 (excluding references).
Class coordinator: Polly Yeung
Community development is formed when there is a need for change within a group of people. When people come together with the same vision of helping and changing a community’s way of living, it is essentially what community development is all about. Community development has many different definitions, however they are all based around the same values. The main value community development maintains is that it is about creating and empowering the communities that need help. With this in mind, not only is community development happening in New Zealand it is also happening all over the world. As long as there is communities in need of help and development there will always be that requirement for community development (Kenny, 2011). In this essay I am going to critically discuss my understanding of community development. I will then begin to analyse neo-liberal, Marxism and feminism theory and how it relates to community development practices. I will also apply examples of practices from research and literature. Finally, I will discuss the issues that community development faces when working with tangata whenua in a Treaty of Waitangi and bi-cultural context.
Community development has been around for generations. Community development approaches can provide the chance to practice key, precautionary crisis interventions (Coulshed & Orme, 2010). Community can often refer to many groups of people. This can include very large groups of people to smaller groups. When further analysing communities we notice that some communities need more help than others. You begin to see that communities need help with housing, education, food and advocacy. Community development is about, but not limited to, creating individual welfare rights, advocacy and enabling community self-help
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