Network Logic - Index of
Network Logic - Index of
Network Logic - Index of
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<strong>Network</strong> logic<br />
more representative community involvement. These processes are not<br />
amenable to the current audit regimes <strong>of</strong> targets and indicators, and<br />
progress is better measured using techniques <strong>of</strong> participatory<br />
appraisal and network analysis. It is difficult to predict, let alone<br />
control, outcomes and it is therefore likely that this model will be<br />
resisted by policy-makers and politicians who are interested in<br />
tangible and short-term gains. However, if the rhetoric <strong>of</strong> civil<br />
renewal and community-led regeneration are to be translated into<br />
real changes in people’s lives, then informal networks, supported<br />
where necessary by community workers, are crucial components <strong>of</strong><br />
the journey towards a fairer, more sustainable vision <strong>of</strong> social justice.<br />
Alison Gilchrist is Director <strong>of</strong> Practice Development at the Community<br />
Development Foundation and the author <strong>of</strong> The Well-connected<br />
Community: a networking approach to community development.<br />
Notes<br />
1 G Chanan, Searching for Solid Foundations: community involvement and urban<br />
policy (London: ODPM, 2003).<br />
2 M Mayo and M Taylor, ‘Partnership and power in community regeneration’ in<br />
S Balloch and M Taylor (eds), Partnership Working (Bristol: Policy Press, 2001).<br />
3 R Putnam, Bowling Alone: the collapse and revival <strong>of</strong> American community (New<br />
York:Simon and Shuster, 2000).<br />
4 See for example, P Walker et al, Prove It: measuring the effect <strong>of</strong> neighbourhood<br />
renewal on local people (London: New Economics Foundation, 2000) and<br />
Bassac’s BEDE programme, available at www.bassac.org.uk/info_bede.htm.<br />
5 F Capra, The Web <strong>of</strong> Life: a new synthesis <strong>of</strong> mind and matter (London:<br />
HarperCollins, 1996).<br />
6 Standing Conference for Community Development, Strategic Framework for<br />
Community Development (Sheffield: SCCD, 2001).<br />
7 A Gilchrist, ‘The well-connected community: networking to the “edge <strong>of</strong><br />
chaos”’, Community Development Journal 35 (2000).<br />
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