Naturalistic inquiry was used in this study to explore a case of autochthonous community development in an urban, black community in North Florida. The focus of the study was an exploration and analysis of the actions and events which comprised the process whereby community members moved from the identification of unsatisfactory community conditions to the formulation and implementation of plans to change them. For a period of ten months, field research was conducted using ethnographic methods of participant-observation, informant interviewing, document analysis and collection of life histories for the purpose of discovering concepts and hypotheses about the process. Hypotheses and ethnographic conclusions were explored for their implications for community development practice and research. The distinguishing features of the research are that concepts and hypotheses were generated without a priori assumptions and the phenomenon was investigated within its natural context. A seven-stage model which summarizes the change movement is presented, and from it are drawn and analyzed the concepts of community participation, community leadership, and community power. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, Section: A, page: 1661. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75100 |
| Contributors | CREW, EDITH DASHIELL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 361 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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