Interactive Strategic Planning and Community Development

The Northern Ireland Experience

Bibliographic Data

ID6077115
AuthorsMichael R Murray (University of Ulster), John Greer, John V Greer
Year1997
Volume4
Issue4
Pages27-48
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v04n04_02
OpenAlexW635779690
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

This paper discusses a model of community development practice that involves an interactive relationship between organized rural residents and outside technical facilitators. A central argument is that a strategic plan in a multi-community planning situation benefits from a series of specific community development inputs. The discussion draws upon a case study in Northern Ireland where, in a deeply divided society, community-led rural development not only contributes to social and economic change, but also helps promote mutual understanding and reconciliation between contesting cultural traditions. The paper identifies three key issues of wider interest: engaging in strategic planning, supporting multi-community activity, and forging new partnership arrangements. It points to some mechanisms for replication elsewhere

Argument (complex analysis · Business · Community development · Community organization · Community planning · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · General partnership · Geography · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Strategic planning · Irish and British Studies · Public Administration · Rural development and sustainability · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Marketing

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