Development policy has brought many difficulties and inconveniences as its by products to the daily life of community residents.
Thes outcomes are caused by the policies emphasizing more on economic growth than welfare of people.
There is no institu...
Development policy has brought many difficulties and inconveniences as its by products to the daily life of community residents.
Thes outcomes are caused by the policies emphasizing more on economic growth than welfare of people.
There is no institutionalized citizen participation in local administration, and people scarcely have chances to reflect their opinions in the process of policy-making or planning in advance.
Therefore most policies are likely to be made by administration without consultation with community residents beforehand.
Under such situation the community residents have to take collective action to appeal or protest authorities for the elimination of difficulties imposed upon them.
These collective actions are refered to as the movement of community residents. These movements are of non-political, spontaneous, and collective actions which have no links with existing organizations in the community.
The rising of these movements have significant meaning where there is no institution for citizen participation and where people traditionally have little interest in public affairs.
We can point out several meanings
a) It is the fact that learning takes place on the part of community residents participating in the movements.
For they not only need to identify with their problems but also understand what relationship they have with total community life.
b) Learning also takes place on the part of administration in the process of argument on policies with community residents.
They have to study and learn to carry out policies based on the welfare of people in the future.