Open AccessTheoretical Versus Grass-Roots Development of a Community Partnership
Author(s) -
Socorro Escandón
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2010.1144
Subject(s) - community development , qualitative research , general partnership , action (physics) , sociology , community organizing , group development , psychology , gender studies , social psychology , public relations , social science , political science , economic growth , economics , physics , quantum mechanics , law
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine Bracht, Kingbury, and Rissel's five-stage community development model as applied to a grass-roots community action group. The sample consisted of low-income, predominantly Hispanic women in a community action group in a Southwestern barrio, some of whom were experiencing domestic violence. The community group organizer was interviewed, and a content analytic table was constructed. Results showed that the community group's efforts would have benefited from a theoretically organized approach. The window of opportunity continues to be open for community development researchers to offer theoretical assistance to groups that are forming and to those already formed to help them realize their goals.