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The Resurgence of Community Centres
Author(s) -
Healy Judith
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1989.tb00870.x
Subject(s) - devolution (biology) , project commissioning , public administration , social welfare , government (linguistics) , publishing , community service , welfare , state (computer science) , business , welfare reform , community development , local government , service (business) , service delivery framework , economic growth , public relations , political science , economics , sociology , marketing , law , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , anthropology , computer science , human evolution
Small community centres have mushroomed in numbers during the 1980s. Most State welfare departments have announced policies and funding programs to support these centres. These policies espouse potentially conflicting purposes. They include the community development goal of mobilising the community through self help ventures, the reform of the social service delivery system via a local base for better services, and the devolution of welfare responsibilities from central government agencies to community groups.