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Nicolina Kirby, Dorota Stasiak & Dirk von Schneidemesser write in our July issue on Berlin-based civil society initiatives, and the impact on community resilience that bottom-up approaches led by civil society can have buff.ly/ZcXqtBS #CDJ #Resilience
Community resilience through bottom–up participation: when civil society drives urban transformation processes
Abstract. In recent years, bottom–up civil society initiatives have advanced urban transformation processes in Berlin. Following previous research suggesti
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Nicolina Kirby, Dorota Stasiak & Dirk von Schneidemesser write in our July issue on Berlin-based civil society initiatives, and the impact on community resilience that bottom-up approaches led by civil society can have buff.ly/ZcXqtBS #CDJ #Resilience
Geoff Higgins and co-authors write in our latest issue on implementability in community development approaches, and the novel taxonomy of principles, conditions and processes for success buff.ly/x4d6vqx #CDJ #Development
Implementability: a taxonomy of community development approaches
Abstract. The selection of a community development approach often occurs in an information vacuum, rather than through an evidence-driven alignment with lo
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November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Geoff Higgins and co-authors write in our latest issue on implementability in community development approaches, and the novel taxonomy of principles, conditions and processes for success buff.ly/x4d6vqx #CDJ #Development
Maaike Matelski & Lise Woensdregt write in our latest issue on community-based organisations in Kenya, the highly-varied forms these organisations take, and how communities are represented in Kenyan aid chains #CDJ #Kenya
What’s (in) a CBO? Analyzing community representation in the Kenyan aid chain
Abstract. Within the field of development research and practice, there is a growing realization that interventions aimed at supporting emancipation struggl
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November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Audrey Jamal and Jordan Scholten write in our July issue on community wealth-building in mid-size Canadian cities, and the lack of embeddedness of CWB practice in economic development policy buff.ly/5lHHEPe #CDJ #CWB
Deployment and development of community wealth building in Canadian mid-sized cities
Abstract. In the early 2000s, community wealth building (CWB) emerged as a renewed approach to local economic development. By design, CWB aims to democrati
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November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Audrey Jamal and Jordan Scholten write in our July issue on community wealth-building in mid-size Canadian cities, and the lack of embeddedness of CWB practice in economic development policy buff.ly/5lHHEPe #CDJ #CWB
Kola Adeosun writes in our July issue on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the impacts on Trinidad and Tobago, where many displaced Venezuelans reside, using Paolo Freire’s ideas of critical consciousness buff.ly/H1KRdxm #CDJ #Friere
A Freirean understanding of the Venezuelan crisis in Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract. The Venezuelan crisis, which has seen around 50,000 Venezuelan migrants flee to Trinidad and Tobago, is a continuing humanitarian crisis. While t
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November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Kola Adeosun writes in our July issue on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the impacts on Trinidad and Tobago, where many displaced Venezuelans reside, using Paolo Freire’s ideas of critical consciousness buff.ly/H1KRdxm #CDJ #Friere
Peter Mayo writes in our latest Classic Texts article on Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’s "Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education", and the impact of this seminal work on community development and critical sociology buff.ly/9XaClcf #CDJ #ClassicText
A Freirean watershed
2025 marks the coming into reprint, after so many years, of Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’ s Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education (Shor
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November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Peter Mayo writes in our latest Classic Texts article on Ira Shor and Paulo Freire’s "Pedagogy of Liberation. Dialogues on Transforming Education", and the impact of this seminal work on community development and critical sociology buff.ly/9XaClcf #CDJ #ClassicText
Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce and Kirsty Lohman write in our latest Editorial on the claiming of space by community organisations, self-organisations, and how "cracks" can lead to "tiny victories" buff.ly/C5MC4ZS #CDJ #Editorial
Claiming space
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November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce and Kirsty Lohman write in our latest Editorial on the claiming of space by community organisations, self-organisations, and how "cracks" can lead to "tiny victories" buff.ly/C5MC4ZS #CDJ #Editorial
Our latest issue was released in July! Find all the articles from Vol. 60, Issue 3 of the CDJ on our OUP homepage buff.ly/xKPTaNA #CDJ #LatestIssue
Vol. 60, Issue 3
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November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our latest issue was released in July! Find all the articles from Vol. 60, Issue 3 of the CDJ on our OUP homepage buff.ly/xKPTaNA #CDJ #LatestIssue
Susan P Murphy reviews "Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development", by Niamh Gaynor, in our April issue buff.ly/3tnGuM0 #CDJ #BookReviews
Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development: Niamh Gaynor, Routledge, London, 2022. 1st edn. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003147879
Following decades of global commitments, pledges, high rhetoric, grand commentary and global strategies in international and global development policy, pol
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Susan P Murphy reviews "Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development", by Niamh Gaynor, in our April issue buff.ly/3tnGuM0 #CDJ #BookReviews
Pushpesh Kumar reviews "Liveable lives: living and surviving LGBTQ equalities in India and the UK", edited by Niharika Banerjea and Kath Browne, in our April issue buff.ly/YHRIfwN #CDJ #BookReviews
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Pushpesh Kumar reviews "Liveable lives: living and surviving LGBTQ equalities in India and the UK", edited by Niharika Banerjea and Kath Browne, in our April issue buff.ly/YHRIfwN #CDJ #BookReviews
Obeimar B Herrera and co-authors examine the lifeways and territorial innovation approach to sustainable livelihoods in coffee-growing territories, and the contextual responses to external challenges across these territories buff.ly/Rs8tY8c #CDJ #Innovation #Livelihooods
Lifeways of families in coffee-growing territories: vulnerability and response capacity
Abstract. Multilateral and research organizations have developed studies in coffee-growing zones that are focused on sustainable livelihoods; however, the
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Obeimar B Herrera and co-authors examine the lifeways and territorial innovation approach to sustainable livelihoods in coffee-growing territories, and the contextual responses to external challenges across these territories buff.ly/Rs8tY8c #CDJ #Innovation #Livelihooods
Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury & M Rezaul Islam write in our April issue on community empowerment, and the synergies between faith-based organisations and Laverack's domain approach to empowerment, through the case of the Action for Peoples Rights and Livelihoods (APRIL) project buff.ly/DSXd1YY #CDJ
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury & M Rezaul Islam write in our April issue on community empowerment, and the synergies between faith-based organisations and Laverack's domain approach to empowerment, through the case of the Action for Peoples Rights and Livelihoods (APRIL) project buff.ly/DSXd1YY #CDJ
Gemma Quartarella, Romana Morda & Laurie A Chapin explore the perspectives of female adolescents in a youth leadership programme in Australia, and the importance of "finding your voice" and "not holding back" for becoming agents of social change #CDJ #YouthEmpowerment buff.ly/XZf25B7
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Gemma Quartarella, Romana Morda & Laurie A Chapin explore the perspectives of female adolescents in a youth leadership programme in Australia, and the importance of "finding your voice" and "not holding back" for becoming agents of social change #CDJ #YouthEmpowerment buff.ly/XZf25B7
Lynn A Mandarano presents a case study of the Citizens Planning Institute in Philadelphia, U.S., analyses the programme through the Community Capitals framework, and discusses the contribution to leadership skills, knowledge and other capitals to enhance engagement #CDJ #USA buff.ly/omWkrTA
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lynn A Mandarano presents a case study of the Citizens Planning Institute in Philadelphia, U.S., analyses the programme through the Community Capitals framework, and discusses the contribution to leadership skills, knowledge and other capitals to enhance engagement #CDJ #USA buff.ly/omWkrTA
[OPEN-ACCESS] Michael Chambwe & Andrea Saayman write in our April issue on tourism value chains and ownership in rural communities, and presents an action framework for local participation in value chain businesses for poverty reduction and community empowerment #CDJ #Poverty #Empowerment
A framework for tourism value chain ownership in rural communities
Abstract. Tourism is prevalent in rural areas of South Africa, where natural settings provide attractive opportunities. Despite tourism’s potential to impr
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Michael Chambwe & Andrea Saayman write in our April issue on tourism value chains and ownership in rural communities, and presents an action framework for local participation in value chain businesses for poverty reduction and community empowerment #CDJ #Poverty #Empowerment
Editor's Choice in our April issue, Sutiyo Sutiyo writes in our latest issue on the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, an indigenous group in Indonesia, and the innovation possible in decentralising conflict resolution processes to a local level for positive-sum games in land development #CDJ #EditorsChoice
The struggle for land by indigenous groups: from conflict to cooperation in Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, Indonesia
Abstract. This study discusses the perspective of a positive-sum game in land conflicts involving indigenous groups. It is based on a case study using qual
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November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Editor's Choice in our April issue, Sutiyo Sutiyo writes in our latest issue on the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, an indigenous group in Indonesia, and the innovation possible in decentralising conflict resolution processes to a local level for positive-sum games in land development #CDJ #EditorsChoice
Lee Martinez et al write in our April issue on the World's Biggest Comic, an art installation in a small Australian community focused on suicide prevention, and a mixed methods evaluation of the community development processes behind its creation #CDJ #SuicidePrevention
Wearing their heart on a wall: the World’s Biggest Comic
Abstract. An arts-based project, using a community development approach engaging people in a community of place to address suicide prevention, is potential
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November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lee Martinez et al write in our April issue on the World's Biggest Comic, an art installation in a small Australian community focused on suicide prevention, and a mixed methods evaluation of the community development processes behind its creation #CDJ #SuicidePrevention
[OPEN-ACCESS] Sean Lauer, Karen Lok Yi Wong & Miu Chung Yan write in Vol. 60, Issue 2 of the CDJ on situational dynamics and relationship-forming in community development organisations through a scoping review of the literature #CDJ #CommunityDevelopment buff.ly/vMjAXem
Social infrastructure, community organizations, and friendship formation: a scoping review
Abstract. Community organizations are a unique part of the local social infrastructure that provides opportunities for social connections and community bui
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Sean Lauer, Karen Lok Yi Wong & Miu Chung Yan write in Vol. 60, Issue 2 of the CDJ on situational dynamics and relationship-forming in community development organisations through a scoping review of the literature #CDJ #CommunityDevelopment buff.ly/vMjAXem
[OPEN-ACCESS] Richard G Jones examines reciprocity in international aid and development in Timor-Leste in our April issue, expanding on Marshall Sahlins’ typology of reciprocal relationships, and how this produces relationships in aid programmes #CDJ #TimorLeste
The gift and the giving: reciprocity in international aid and development in Timor-Leste
Abstract. This paper examines the transactional dynamics of participation in foreign aid and development programs by exploring links between Marcel Mauss’
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Richard G Jones examines reciprocity in international aid and development in Timor-Leste in our April issue, expanding on Marshall Sahlins’ typology of reciprocal relationships, and how this produces relationships in aid programmes #CDJ #TimorLeste
[OPEN-ACCESS] Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce & Kirsty Lohman write in the Editorial for our April issue, on challenges to global community development practice in the Second Trump Era, on bottom-up organising and information-sharing, and the excellent content available in this issue #CDJ #Editorial
Community development in the second Trump era
Ruth has a strong memory of a story once told by her German language teacher when she was a student at secondary school. Her teacher had attended universit
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November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Our Co-Editors Ruth Pearce & Kirsty Lohman write in the Editorial for our April issue, on challenges to global community development practice in the Second Trump Era, on bottom-up organising and information-sharing, and the excellent content available in this issue #CDJ #Editorial
Mick Carpenter reviews "When nothing works: from cost of living to foundational liveability", edited by Edited by L. Calafati, J. Froud, C. Haslam, S. Johal and K. Williams, in Vol. 60, Iss. 1 buff.ly/bzDf48V #CDJ #BookReviews
When nothing works: from cost of living to foundational liveability
This radical and innovative text challenges the current neoliberal economic growth/productivity orthodoxy, as the principal reason for general policy pessi
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November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Mick Carpenter reviews "When nothing works: from cost of living to foundational liveability", edited by Edited by L. Calafati, J. Froud, C. Haslam, S. Johal and K. Williams, in Vol. 60, Iss. 1 buff.ly/bzDf48V #CDJ #BookReviews
Jonathan Silver reviews "Against the commons: a radical history of urban planning", edited by Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, in our January issue buff.ly/8OxtDkp #CDJ #BookReviews
Against the commons: a radical history of urban planning
What might you hear if you speak to a resident about urban planning in a neighbourhood somewhere in North America or Western Europe that has experienced in
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Jonathan Silver reviews "Against the commons: a radical history of urban planning", edited by Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago, in our January issue buff.ly/8OxtDkp #CDJ #BookReviews
[OPEN-ACCESS] Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson writes in our January issue on the role that sports clubs can have as sites of community development, illustrated with examples from the Swedish sports movement buff.ly/8EPVrzu #CDJ #Sport
Sports clubs’ role in community capacity development—illustrations from the Swedish sports movement
Abstract. Strong political neoliberal currents in Sweden are directing attention toward communities’ responsibility to address local issues, particularly i
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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson writes in our January issue on the role that sports clubs can have as sites of community development, illustrated with examples from the Swedish sports movement buff.ly/8EPVrzu #CDJ #Sport
[OPEN-ACCESS] Jason Wood writes in Vol. 60, Iss. 1, examining the distinctive elements of power and ownership in community organising in England and Wales, and how leadership, relationships, money, democratic behaviours, and actions are distinct enablers in the system buff.ly/qJJbDbe #CDJ
The power to act: dissecting distinctive elements of power and ownership in community organizing in England and Wales
Abstract. This paper considers the continuing evolution in England and Wales of the Alinsky tradition of broad-based community organizing, a process that s
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
[OPEN-ACCESS] Jason Wood writes in Vol. 60, Iss. 1, examining the distinctive elements of power and ownership in community organising in England and Wales, and how leadership, relationships, money, democratic behaviours, and actions are distinct enablers in the system buff.ly/qJJbDbe #CDJ
Wyvine Bapolisi and co-authors explore the impact of the combined approaches of women's empowerment through village savings and loan cooperatives and men's participation in a reflection group pursuing a gender equity curriculum, and lead to mutually reinforced outcomes buff.ly/7LvOhPq #CDJ
Exploring the impact of combining women’s empowerment through village savings and loans associations with men’s sensitization on gender equity on socio-economic, maternal, and children’s health outcomes
AbstractBackground. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the poorest countries in the world with a low gender development index. To help household
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November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Wyvine Bapolisi and co-authors explore the impact of the combined approaches of women's empowerment through village savings and loan cooperatives and men's participation in a reflection group pursuing a gender equity curriculum, and lead to mutually reinforced outcomes buff.ly/7LvOhPq #CDJ