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Urban Affairs Review, Vol. 31, No. 6, 778-798 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/107808749603100605

Local Government-Supported Community Development

Community Priorities and Issues of Autonomy

Mark A. Glaser

Wichita State University

Mark D. Soskin

University of Central Florida

Michael Smith

University of Central Florida

There is increasing support for local solutions to poverty through community-based organizations (CBOs). However, a dilemma remains: How can CBOs secure resources necessary for change and yet maintain autonomy in definition of development priorities and delivery strategies? The authors examine a community-development model used in central Florida that includes local government support in the formation and activities of a CBO, and they explore the threat to community autonomy associated with differences in development priorities between community-based and external forces. The results provide encouraging evidence that development models that include cooperation between local government and low-income communities do not necessarily produce sublimation of community priorities.


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