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Editorial |
Editorial
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This issue brings together a number of articles concerned with extending theoretical understanding of community development related issues alongside those that examine key factors for successful organization building and community mobilization. In doing so, it again highlights the significance of women's involvement in community initiatives, local economic development and poverty alleviation. It begins with an article by Fred Powell and Martin Geoghegan who attempt from the perspective of partnership governance within Ireland to locate community development within what they see as a new world order. They argue that community development remains the embodiment of a strong participative democracy, re-inventing politics