Action-Research in Community Development

First published in 1975, Action-Research in Community Development discusses experiences of people who worked on the central government sponsored Community Development Project (CDP).

Announced with a flourish in 1969 as part of Britain’s ‘Poverty Programme’, CDP represented a new initiative in British social policy. It was described by the Home Office as ‘a radical experiment in community development involving central and local government, voluntary agencies and the universities in a concerte...