This paper attempts to define a new concept of the CD(Community Development) comparing it with that of the CO (Community Organization).
As we know, the study of the latter began earlier than that of the former. Usually we divide the developmental sta...
This paper attempts to define a new concept of the CD(Community Development) comparing it with that of the CO (Community Organization).
As we know, the study of the latter began earlier than that of the former. Usually we divide the developmental stages of the community organization into three periods: the first period ranges from 1870s to 1920s, the second from 1930s to 1950s, and the third from 1960s to present. As the stages of the community organization has gone forward, its concept is shifted from a narrow sense for private charity to a wider one for public relief, and also has developed from a relief to a systematic welfare organization.
On the other hand, the CD was initiated mainly by the United Nations after World War II. At the beginning, while CD was applied to underdeveloped countries or rural areas, the CO was generally seen to be applicable to city areas or advanced countries.
However, the distinction between them has disappeared; they are now recognized to be praticable in both areas or countries. So, the concepts of the CD and the CO have become quite similar. Many scholars are defining both of them in terms of the same categories. Yet it must be added that from the viewpoint of the social work the concept of CD belongs to that of the CO, and that the CO is dealt with one of the three fields with the casework, and the group work.
On the contrary, in the terms of the social science, the concept of CD implies a wide social development broader than that of the CO; The CO which is a practical organization of the community development, consists of only a part of the CD. If we want to achieve the comprehensive ways of the community development, we should treat the CO as a part of the CD.