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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 10h
Ana Cecilia Gaitán reviews "Emotion in crisis: youth and social change in Spain", edited by Nina Margies, in our January issue buff.ly/jrssU8Q #CDJ #BookReviews
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Emotion in crisis: youth and social change in Spain
The severe economic crisis of 2008 hit Spain particularly hard, affecting different parts of the country's economy. Accelerating and worsening existing str
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14h
Mehak Majeed reviews "Workers and the global informal economy", edited by S. Routh & V. Borghiis, in our January issue buff.ly/Q0gCcyu #CDJ #BookReviews
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Workers and the global informal economy
The neo-liberal market order is endorsed by almost all the nations of the contemporary world. Countries one after another in the 20th century have put thei
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 18h
Tyra Amofah-Akardom reviews "Blackness at the Intersection", edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson, in our January issue buff.ly/56rhgXV #CDJ #BookReviews
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Blackness at the Intersection
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sohini Chatterjee writes in our January Reflection piece on horizontal reservation development for trans and gender-variant people in Indian, focusing on anti-caste methods and traditionally-disadvantaged social groups, and advocating for affirmative action buff.ly/nGfLdYM #CDJ #Trans #India
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Anti-caste, equity-focused trans activism and the fight for horizontal reservations in India
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Camilla Landi, Valentina Calcaterra & Paola Limongelli write in our January issue on the use of Community Future Dialogues as a methodology for examining community wellbeing and future development, explained through a case of community social work projects in Milan, Italy buff.ly/B4hfheg #CDJ #Milan
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Working with communities using the Community Future Dialogues method. A qualitative research on the views of professionals and community members
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ana Margarida Esteves and co-authors write in our January issue on energy communities as "counterpower" to EU policy frameworks in European renewable energy transitions, and the policy development role of energy communities to embed energy transitions buff.ly/Ww2rjH7 #CDJ #Energy
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Transnational networks of energy communities as counterpower in the European Union renewable energy transition framework
Abstract. This article explores the communicative process by which transnational networks of energy communities (ECs) in Europe build counterpower vis-a-vi
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rayna Sage and co-authors write in Vol. 61, Iss. 1 on rural disability services and independent living (IL) philosophy in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conflict between "hand-ups" and "hand-outs" buff.ly/8FR52Mu #CDJ #CIL
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‘We kept having this internal conflict around the language of handout and hand-up’: independent living philosophy and rural disability services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. In the United States, Centers for Independent Living (CILs) staff were at the frontlines of responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Editor's Choice in Vol. 61, Iss. 1, Melisa Miranda Correa explores the connection between Kitchen Soups (KS) and the October uprising in Chile, and the respective collective action frameworks developed during this period buff.ly/fi6P1x9 #CDJ #Chile
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Kitchen soups and the October uprising in Chile: exploring their connection with collective action frames in pandemic times
Abstract. This article explores the connections between the October uprising in Chile and the emergence of kitchen soups (KS) as mutual aid during the COVI
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Our Co-Editors Kirsty Lohman and Ruth Pearce write in the Editorial to Vol. 61, Iss. 1, on the 60th anniversary year of the journal, and the community development theory and practice from global contexts included in this issue buff.ly/fjS52ZI #CDJ #Editorial
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60 years and counting
In addition to the first of this year’s 60th anniversary special sections, this issue includes the usual range of cutting-edge articles from around the wor
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Justin See, Katharine McKinnon and Pryor Placino introduce the Strengths, Gender, and Place (SGP) framework in our latest issue, an evaluative framework for localism, place-based approaches and addressing gender inequalities, as well as application of the framework buff.ly/LQol2Jo #CDJ #SGP
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The strengths, gender, and place framework: a new tool for assessing community engagement
Abstract. This paper introduces the Strengths, Gender, and Place (SGP) framework, a novel evaluative tool designed to assess community engagement in develo
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scott McLean examines the 1960 - 1982 Memorial University of Newfoundland community development program in our latest issue, which engaged in social action, citizen participation, public advocacy, local services development, and popular education buff.ly/9v9Ruik #CDJ #Newfoundland #Labrador
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Philosophy, practice, and politics of community development: lessons from extension fieldwork in Newfoundland, 1960–1982
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mick Carpenter writes in Vol. 61, Iss. 1 on decolonising community development, examining two 1958 texts, underlining how the formative years of community development were compromised by colonialism and then neocolonialism, creating persisting legacies buff.ly/EBjxXQp #CDJ #Decolonisation
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Two classic texts: time to decolonize community development
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Ciara Bradley and Alice Butler-Warke write in the Editorial for our January Themed Section on community development in context, and how historical, economic, social, political, spatial, and cultural context matters deeply in community development buff.ly/AysNwAE #CDJ #ThemedSection
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Community Development Journal
From its origins in 1966, the Community Development Journal has witnessed, documented, challenged, and contributed to the evolution of community developmen
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana reviews "The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge", by Willow S Lung-Amam, in our latest issue buff.ly/HHxlgoy #CDJ #BookReviews
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The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nick Clare & Joe Kearsey review "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation", edited by Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy and Craig Borowiak, in our latest issue buff.ly/0Pp117C #CDJ #BookReviews
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Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reetika Revathy Subramanian reviews "Bangalore Girls: Witnessing the Rise of Nationalism in a Progressive City", edited by Supriya Baily, in our latest issue buff.ly/rrbTYh1 #CDJ #BookReviews
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Bangalore Girls: Witnessing the Rise of Nationalism in a Progressive City
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Madhavi Prashant Patil reviews "Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation", edited by Makhloufi Lilia, in our latest issue buff.ly/vnKd2iW #CDJ #BookReviews
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Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Devendraraj Madhanagopal & Mohon Kumar Naik discuss the loss of commons and unevely-distributed impacts from this loss with Adivasi communities in Eastern India, and proposes an intersectional framework for mitigating these losses buff.ly/5EUdHeC #CDJ #Adivasi #Commons
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‘Commons are not commonly perceived by all’: intersectional discussions on the loss of commons and unequal impacts in eastern India
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Annie L Booth writes in our latest issue on off-leash dog park design, and discusses primary research with Canadian dog owners on the design preferences for off-leash parks, and how these spaces contribute to healthy and vibrant communities buff.ly/PLMzKbK #CDJ #DogParks
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Designing dogs – canine park design
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Abu Saleh and co-authors examine theatre for development in Northern Banglandesh, and the effect that theatre can have on reducing incidence of harmful traditional practices such as child marriage buff.ly/v9Z7IAB #CDJ #Bangladesh #Theatre
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The role of theatre for development in reducing prevalent harmful traditional practices in the rural north of Bangladesh
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Linda Heaton et al write in our latest issue on strengthening community empowerment initiatives and the equitable effects this can have, examining a Community Research and Engagement Network (COREN) working with nine disadvantaged communities in NW England buff.ly/9ZIgk4Y #CDJ #Empowerment
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Strengthening community empowerment initiatives as a route to greater equity: an English case study
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Michele Bianchi writes in our latest issue Foundations of Banking Origin (FBOs) in Italy, their evolution from grant-funding bodies to community development practitioners, and their role in enhancing resilience and wellbeing in the communities they serve buff.ly/NpzOohN #CDJ
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The Italian foundations of banking origin as community developer: a cross-case study analysis
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Amber Marshall et al write in our latest issue on digital literacy, towards definitions of digital mentoring, to enhance community and inclusion within the digital sphere, and proposes a novel eight-point principle set for digital inclusion best practice buff.ly/qvGq4vS #CDJ #Digital
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Defining digital mentoring to advance adult digital inclusion
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our Co-Editors Kirsty Lohman & Adira Andlay write in the Editorial for Vol. 61, Iss. 3, on empowerment, development, and supporting learners and workers in increasingly digitalised societies buff.ly/mg7pgP8 #CDJ #Editorial
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Empowerment and development
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Editor's choice in our latest issue, Fakhriati Fakhriati et al write in our latest issue on Smong, a tsunami narrative from Indonesia, and how academic engagement with indigenous knowledge can co-produce this knowledge and enhance disaster preparedness buff.ly/TqwbqNU #CDJ #Indonesia
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Smong as a cultural early warning system: strengthening community awareness in tsunami disaster risk reduction
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Sue Kenny writes in our latest issue on the current ascendancy of far-right politics, how these political movements affect civil society, and the dilemmas and strategies community development practitioners and facing and employing to respond to this movement buff.ly/QSsinwB #CDJ
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Civil society, community development, and the far-right
Abstract. This article discusses the ascendancy of the far-right and the ways in which it erodes civil society and affects community development. It begins
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pahi Saikia et al open our latest Special Section on livelihood strategies in conflict zones in South Asia, the gender gaps in decision-making practices in local governance, and inclusive policy-making processes to close these gaps buff.ly/ZGvCQjN#CDJ #GenderGap
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Women, environmental governance and livelihood strategies in conflict zones: evidence from Karbi Anglong District of Assam, Northeast India
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ciara Bradley and Alice Butler‐Warke write in the editorial for Vol. 61, Iss. 3, advocating for the role of community development in addressing issues of social justice and equity through collaboration and participation, as well as the content of our latest special section buff.ly/9w4LWhw #CDJ
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Celebrating 60 years: community development‐analysis and action from polycrisis to a democratic future
Issue 61.3 is part 3 of Community Development Journal’s 60th anniversary edition. We continue with special sections that focus on the present-time, explori
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our latest issue was released in July! Find all of the articles from Vol. 61, Iss. 3 of the CDJ on our OUP homepage buff.ly/9QYr2Gy #CDJ #LatestIssue
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Volume 61 Issue 3 | Community Development Journal | Oxford Academic
Publishing research on a wide range of topics, the journal adopts a broad definition of community development to include policy, planning and action as they impact on the life of communities.
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gaofeng Feng, Jialin Shi & Jingwen Pang review "Cities in search of freedom: European municipalities against the Leviathan", edited by Elisabetta Mocca, in our April issue buff.ly/NUzqPWh #CDJ #BookReviews
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Cities in search of freedom: European municipalities against the Leviathan
Historically speaking, since the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), the nation-state has been recognized by the world as the political representative mainstay an
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our latest blog is live on our CDJPlus homepage! Ellie Munro writes on our collaboration with the Community Organising Journal, the informative and inspiring session we ran on academic publishing at WCDC '26, and the benefits of publishing for both academics and practitioners buff.ly/EqWKm7n#CDJ
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What can academic publishing do for community development?
By Ellie MunroWe were pleased to be able to use the World Community Development Conference (WCDC) 2026 as an opportunity to bring...
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Jin-ho Chung writes in our April Themed Section on community-based adaptation as a climate adaptation strategy for local development initiatives, and how local power dynamics affect implementation of community projects in Northern Ethiopia #CDJ #Ethiopia buff.ly/zP5aqna
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Intra-community politics: winners and losers from the community-based adaptation projects in northern Ethiopia
Abstract. Over the last decade, Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) has emerged as a prominent approach for integrating climate adaptation into local developm
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Imran Rautan, Sivakumari Supramaniam, Hossein N Alizadeh, and Stephen T Homer write in our April Themed Section on ecovillages, their history, how the concept of ecovillages has evolved from the 1990s-present, and the theme of transformative social innovation buff.ly/EFXaLwX #CDJ
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Ecovillages: from isolated communities to ideal models of sustainable communities
Abstract. This research aims to provide a historical perspective on the evolution of ecovillages from isolated communities to emerging ideal models for sus
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Alice Butler-Warke and Ciara Bradley write in the Editorial for our April themed section, introducing articles on the theme of polycrisis buff.ly/zx31cua #CDJ #Editorial
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Celebrating 60 years: community development in the age of the polycrisis
Issue 61.2 continues the Community Development Journal’s 60th anniversary with a Special Section that turns to the present. While the previous issue reflec
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Did you know the CDJ has a website and blog? For the latest news on our events, as well as fascinating blogs from our team and authors, visit cdj.org.uk #CDJ #Blog
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CDJ - Community Development Journal
Community Development JournalWelcome to the CDJ blog! We post information about events, calls for papers, and...
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ana Cecilia Gaitán reviews "Emotion in crisis: youth and social change in Spain", edited by Nina Margies, in our January issue buff.ly/jrssU8Q #CDJ #BookReviews
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Emotion in crisis: youth and social change in Spain
The severe economic crisis of 2008 hit Spain particularly hard, affecting different parts of the country's economy. Accelerating and worsening existing str
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mehak Majeed reviews "Workers and the global informal economy", edited by S. Routh & V. Borghiis, in our January issue buff.ly/Q0gCcyu #CDJ #BookReviews
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Workers and the global informal economy
The neo-liberal market order is endorsed by almost all the nations of the contemporary world. Countries one after another in the 20th century have put thei
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tyra Amofah-Akardom reviews "Blackness at the Intersection", edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson, in our January issue buff.ly/56rhgXV #CDJ #BookReviews
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Blackness at the Intersection
In March 2024, Diane Abbott, Britain’s longest-serving Black MP, was denied the chance to speak during Prime Minister’s Questions after standing up to catc
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sohini Chatterjee writes in our January Reflection piece on horizontal reservation development for trans and gender-variant people in Indian, focusing on anti-caste methods and traditionally-disadvantaged social groups, and advocating for affirmative action buff.ly/nGfLdYM #CDJ #Trans #India
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Anti-caste, equity-focused trans activism and the fight for horizontal reservations in India
Abstract. In this article, I explore how caste-oppressed Dalit and Bahujan trans and gender-variant people in India are organizing for equity and distribut
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Camilla Landi, Valentina Calcaterra & Paola Limongelli write in our January issue on the use of Community Future Dialogues as a methodology for examining community wellbeing and future development, explained through a case of community social work projects in Milan, Italy buff.ly/B4hfheg #CDJ #Milan
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Working with communities using the Community Future Dialogues method. A qualitative research on the views of professionals and community members
Abstract. In community social work, social workers are asked to involve community members in planning social interventions aimed at solving problems and pr
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ana Margarida Esteves and co-authors write in our January issue on energy communities as "counterpower" to EU policy frameworks in European renewable energy transitions, and the policy development role of energy communities to embed energy transitions buff.ly/Ww2rjH7 #CDJ #Energy
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Transnational networks of energy communities as counterpower in the European Union renewable energy transition framework
Abstract. This article explores the communicative process by which transnational networks of energy communities (ECs) in Europe build counterpower vis-a-vi
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Rayna Sage and co-authors write in Vol. 61, Iss. 1 on rural disability services and independent living (IL) philosophy in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the conflict between "hand-ups" and "hand-outs" buff.ly/8FR52Mu #CDJ #CIL
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‘We kept having this internal conflict around the language of handout and hand-up’: independent living philosophy and rural disability services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract. In the United States, Centers for Independent Living (CILs) staff were at the frontlines of responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Editor's Choice in Vol. 61, Iss. 1, Melisa Miranda Correa explores the connection between Kitchen Soups (KS) and the October uprising in Chile, and the respective collective action frameworks developed during this period buff.ly/fi6P1x9 #CDJ #Chile
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Kitchen soups and the October uprising in Chile: exploring their connection with collective action frames in pandemic times
Abstract. This article explores the connections between the October uprising in Chile and the emergence of kitchen soups (KS) as mutual aid during the COVI
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Our Co-Editors Kirsty Lohman and Ruth Pearce write in the Editorial to Vol. 61, Iss. 1, on the 60th anniversary year of the journal, and the community development theory and practice from global contexts included in this issue buff.ly/fjS52ZI #CDJ #Editorial
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60 years and counting
In addition to the first of this year’s 60th anniversary special sections, this issue includes the usual range of cutting-edge articles from around the wor
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Justin See, Katharine McKinnon and Pryor Placino introduce the Strengths, Gender, and Place (SGP) framework in our latest issue, an evaluative framework for localism, place-based approaches and addressing gender inequalities, as well as application of the framework buff.ly/LQol2Jo #CDJ #SGP
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The strengths, gender, and place framework: a new tool for assessing community engagement
Abstract. This paper introduces the Strengths, Gender, and Place (SGP) framework, a novel evaluative tool designed to assess community engagement in develo
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Scott McLean examines the 1960 - 1982 Memorial University of Newfoundland community development program in our latest issue, which engaged in social action, citizen participation, public advocacy, local services development, and popular education buff.ly/9v9Ruik #CDJ #Newfoundland #Labrador
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Philosophy, practice, and politics of community development: lessons from extension fieldwork in Newfoundland, 1960–1982
Abstract. One of the most significant community development initiatives in Canadian history was sponsored by Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) from
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mick Carpenter writes in Vol. 61, Iss. 1 on decolonising community development, examining two 1958 texts, underlining how the formative years of community development were compromised by colonialism and then neocolonialism, creating persisting legacies buff.ly/EBjxXQp #CDJ #Decolonisation
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Two classic texts: time to decolonize community development
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
[OPEN-ACCESS] Ciara Bradley and Alice Butler-Warke write in the Editorial for our January Themed Section on community development in context, and how historical, economic, social, political, spatial, and cultural context matters deeply in community development buff.ly/AysNwAE #CDJ #ThemedSection
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Community Development Journal
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana reviews "The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge", by Willow S Lung-Amam, in our latest issue buff.ly/HHxlgoy #CDJ #BookReviews
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The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge
In The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge, Willow Lung-Amam documents gentrification in the suburbs of DC. The book picks up whe
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Community Development Journal @cdjplus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nick Clare & Joe Kearsey review "Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation", edited by Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy and Craig Borowiak, in our latest issue buff.ly/0Pp117C #CDJ #BookReviews
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Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation
Capitalism reproduces and relies upon racism. This much we know. But what if our efforts to push back against and move beyond capitalism do the same? This
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