ABSTRACT
Part 1 of this book describes three distinct analyses of the underlying causes of community participation. The first describes participation as a response to different global economic regimes; the second as a need for control in a project dominated environment; and the third as a response to the failure of conventional government. Each of these strands highlights important features of the community participation process, but none of them provides a complete analysis. Each is constrained in some way, whether by pre-conceived ideas, be they ideological, economic or rational, or simply by inadequate experience and understanding. This second part of the book seeks to draw out the key features of the different strands and, in conjunction with new research material, show how they can be integrated to produce a common surround which can provide an understanding of the community participation process.
