عنوان

Community participation and the village appraisal process in rural England :

شماره

TLets576586

عنوان اصلي

Community participation and the village appraisal process in rural England :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Bradley, Victoria Jane

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

a case study of Northamptonshire

نام ساير پديدآوران

Sherwood, Kenneth

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Leicester

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2000

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Leicester

امتياز متن

2000

متن يادداشت

A realist approach is developed to enable a detailed interpretation of the process of village appraisals at the national and local level, focusing upon the wider national structures and the ways these are shaped by the distinctive characteristics of individual localities and the people and groups who live there. This study focuses on the county of Northamptonshire, which has a long history of self-help and where village appraisals have been taken up with particular enthusiasm.;Given the shift towards local governance in the past two decades, and a growing emphasis on individual and community responsibility and procedures such as the village appraisal which mobilize local skills and resources and empower rural communities from the structures of government, the study involves a detailed investigation of the relationships which currently exist between the statutory authorities and local communities with specific reference to the village appraisal. Further research using participant observation of over 30 steering group meetings in three case-study villages, supported by a survey of over 300 households and 40 interviews with parish councillors and steering group members, gave detailed insights into the means by which local people were availed of the opportunity to participate in the village appraisal process and to shape its content and structure.;The key conclusions indicate that significant tensions are evident in the attitudes of local government agencies, particularly in how they might participate in the village appraisal process and what forms that participation should take. At the local level, the notion of participation, seen as an integral part of rural life, is shown as illusory with most villages and villagers choosing not to become involved. As a result most appraisals are conducted by small elites within the village, often with the token involvement of the population through a questionnaire survey.

موضوع مستند نشده

HT401 Rural groups. Rural sociology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bradley, Victoria Jane

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sherwood, Kenneth

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Leicester

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y