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Neighborhood Associations: The Foundation Of Community Development, Roger A. Lohmann
Neighborhood Associations: The Foundation Of Community Development, Roger A. Lohmann
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Neighborhood associations are one of the most ubiquitous types of voluntary organization. This paper reviews a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on the concept of neighborhood and the various organized expressions of neighborhood organizing in rural and urban communities.
Practice In The Electronic Community, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt
Practice In The Electronic Community, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt
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The Internet was at its inception a commons rather than a marketplace. Increasingly, however, communitarian notions have been overwhelmed by the internet as one huge shopping arcade. The potential is certainly there for this amazing technology to advance the causes of human freedom well-being and community. At the same time, however, this powerful set of technologies that in less than a decade have become nearly universal in scope and sweep, have the potential also to become simply another extension of the global economic marketplace. Far worse, there is also the potential to become a power tool for class domination or …
Community Practice And The Internet, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt
Community Practice And The Internet, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt
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This article examines several developments in electronic technology which appear to hold great potential for advancing human well-being and community organization and have already manifested some important portion of that potential in recent years. They are, in order of presentation, electronic communication and networking, electronic advocacy, fund raising support, geographic information systems and data base management. We conclude this brief article with a brief discussion of information poverty and the growing disparity of information haves and have-nots.
The Organization And Administration Of Korean Social Welfare: A Review Of The Literature, Roger A. Lohmann
The Organization And Administration Of Korean Social Welfare: A Review Of The Literature, Roger A. Lohmann
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This paper is an effort to provide an overall view of the organization
and administration of Korean Social Welfare. It is based upon a literature
review of published materials on the subject in both Korean and English.
This study is part of a research initiative on East Asian social administration
at the West Virginia University School of Social Work. The basic effort is to
examine aspects of social administration in East Asian countries and
compare them with administrative practices in the Anglo-American tradition.
The paper was prepared with the assistance of two doctoral students.
Ms. Younock Kim and Mr. Sienam …