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Community Development Journal Advance Access originally published online on March 11, 2005
Community Development Journal 2006 41(2):143-159; doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi053
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Meta-analysing community action projects in Aotearoa New Zealand

Alison Greenaway and Karen Witten

Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Massey University, Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand

Address for correspondence: Karen Witten, Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE), Massey University, PO Box 6137, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand; email: k.witten{at}massey.ac.nz

The current Labour Government in Aotearoa1 New Zealand has overseen a revival of interest in devolved community decision-making and a burgeoning of locality-based community action and community development projects. This paper reports on a meta-analysis of ten community action projects. The activation, consolidation and transition or completion stages of the projects were examined to identify commonalities in structures and processes that either enhanced or impeded the projects meeting their objectives for social change. The importance of processes for critical reflection, the analysis of power dynamics between stakeholders, and recognition of the social, cultural and historical context of a project's genesis will be discussed.


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