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Community Development Arenas In Singapore (Hardcover)
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Community Development Arenas In Singapore (Hardcover)
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In the last two decades or so, community development efforts in
Singapore have strongly focused on task-centred community
activities namely short-term projects revolving around
socio-educational and recreational activities. Such an emphasis is
further reinforced by the outsourcing of community services to the
private sector which is contracted to deliver services or
activities. Although the consequences are not seen immediately,
they will in the longer term reinforce learned helplessness of the
participants or beneficiaries who are usually relegated to passive
or dependent roles.Through the insights of contributors who are
practitioners in the community development field, this book argues
that more resources and initiatives must be accorded to community
organisations so as to redirect to a community- or resident-centric
approach towards community work intervention. In short, more
reaching out to people or community groups should be
undertaken.Covering a broad range of arenas including health,
housing, ageing, community integration and bonding, among others,
this book will open up a wider horizon for community development
efforts and provide a reservoir of ideas and strategies to build a
stronger and resilient community for more effective community
problem-solving.
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