Community development, social diversity, and the new metropolis

This article calls for the re-conception of what has historically been a monocultural approach to community development as a field of practice and subject of study. It explores some elements of multicultural community development in the face of the ongoing redistribution of racial and ethnic populat...

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Published in:Community development journal 2011-04, Vol.46 (S2), p.ii5-ii14
Main Author: Checkoway, Barry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Community Change
Community Development
Community studies
Conceptualization
Cultural diversity
Cultural Pluralism
Diversity
Ethnic diversity
Ethnic groups
Housing
Knowledge
Metropolitan Areas
Multiculturalism
Racial diversity
Redistribution
Residential segregation
Segregation
Skills
Social pluralism
Social Problems
Theorists
Unity
Values
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Summary:This article calls for the re-conception of what has historically been a monocultural approach to community development as a field of practice and subject of study. It explores some elements of multicultural community development in the face of the ongoing redistribution of racial and ethnic populations in metropolitan areas. While community development assumes that community is a unit of solution, as the social characteristics of community members change, community itself can become a contested concept raising problems for practitioners and theorists alike. The article identifies the range of skills, knowledge, values, and approaches that would be appropriate when combining difference with unity.
ISSN:0010-3802
1468-2656
DOI:10.1093/cdj/bsr005