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    Community Development and Adult Education: Prospects for change?


    Connolly, Brid (1996) Community Development and Adult Education: Prospects for change? In: Radical Learning for Liberation. MACE, Centre for Adult and Community Education, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland, pp. 27-44.

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    Abstract

    This article will look at the origins of community developmnent and its role in addressing social issues such as poverty, unemployment and the unequal position of women. It will assess the part adult education plays in community development. Finally, it will consider if the current main trends in community development in Ireland succeeds in bringing about social change which is liberating rather than domesticating.
    Item Type: Book Section
    Keywords: Community development; adult education, prospects for change;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education
    Item ID: 270
    Depositing User: Suzanne Redmond Maloco
    Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2005
    Journal or Publication Title: Radical Learning for Liberation
    Publisher: MACE, Centre for Adult and Community Education, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/270
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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