Harnessing Community Self-Help: Some Lessons from Rural England
2002 ◽
Vol 17
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pp. 136-146
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Attempts to harness community self-help currently tend to follow the ‘third sector’ route of developing existing community-based groups. The aim of this paper is to evaluate critically this approach. Drawing upon case study evidence from rural England, existing community-based groups are displayed to be primarily sociability vehicles for higher-income populations. In consequence, if community self-help is to be harnessed to improve the material circumstances of lower-income populations, a ‘third sector’ approach is inappropriate. Instead, a ‘fourth sector’ approach is shown to be required that develops acts of one-to-one reciprocity. The paper concludes by outlining some possible initiatives to implement this policy approach.
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2011 ◽
Vol 89
(3)
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pp. 909-932
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2013 ◽
Vol 31
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pp. 911-925
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