Abstract
Hans van Ewijk pleads for the promotion of social sustainability in community development. He outlines a number of characteristics of the current policy on community development. Based on these characteristics, he concludes that this policy is compulsively focused on intervention and innovation, which results in administrative rush. Social policy should move its attention: instead of focusing on interventions, it should promote trust in the intrinsic potential power of people, organisations and communities to adapt and to improve. This climate of trust will stimulate citizens and professionals to take an active part in the creation of social sustainability in their neighbourhoods.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18352/jsi.117 | Journal eISSN: 1876-8830
Language: English
Page range: 31 - 35
Published on: Dec 29, 2007
Published by: Hanze University of Applied Sciences / NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2007 Hans van Ewijk, published by Hanze University of Applied Sciences / NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
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