Naslov
Three types of underdeveloped communities in Croatia: Latent, collapsed, and disorganized communities

Autori
Opačić, Ana

Izvornik
Community Development (1557-5330) 51 (2020), 3; Published online first, 19

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Community development ; postwar community ; regional disparities ; social change ; underdeveloped community

Sažetak
Article proposes a typology of underdeveloped communities in Croatia based on types of social change and dimensions of the community. The research is designed as a cross-case analysis with seven municipalities represented by 29 experts in total. Three types of underdeveloped communities are recognized: latent communities have solid social fabric but do not have mobilized formal structures and are facing inertia as a type of social change ; collapsed communities that have low capacity to handle incremental social changes or transitions ; and disorganized communities that have faced dramatic social change and certain catastrophic events, have their structure reshaped, and struggle to organize a new community on the grounds of previous one. A common pattern that emerged between the cases is a lack of adequate community response to specific social change. All of these communities had difficulties in managing economic transition in early 90’s and significant demographic changes reshaped existing lifestyles

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Socijalne djelatnosti

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