Table Of ContentInterdisciplinary
Community Development:
International Perspectives
Interdisciplinary Community Development: International Perspec
tives has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Commu
nity Practice, Volume 15, Numbers 1/2 2007.
This page intentionally left blank
Interdisciplinary
Community Development:
International Perspectives
Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, PhD
Yossi Korazim-Körösy, DSW
Editors
Interdisciplinary Community Development: International Perspectives
has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Community
Practice, Volume 15, Numbers 1/2 2007.
Interdisciplinary Community Development: International Perspec
tives has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Commu
nity Practice®, Volume 15, Numbers 1/2 2007.
© 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or uti
lized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm and re
cording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the
publisher.
The development, preparation, and publication of this work has been undertaken with great care. How
ever, the publisher, employees, editors, and agents of The Haworth Press and all imprints of The
Haworth Press, Inc., including The Haworth Medical Press® and Pharmaceutical Products Press®, are
not responsible for any errors contained herein or for consequences that may ensue from use of materi
als or information contained in this work.
The Haworth Press is commited to the dissemination of ideas and information according to the highest
standards of intellectual freedom and the free exchange of ideas. Statements made and opinions ex
pressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the Publisher, Directors, management,
or staff of The Haworth Press, Inc., or an endorsement by them.
First published by
The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580
This edition published 2013 by Routledg
Routledge Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group
711 Third Avenue 2 Park Square, Milton Park
New York, NY 10017 Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publkation Data
Interdisciplinary community development : international perspectives / Alice K. Johnson Butterfield,
Yossi Korazim-Korösy, editors,
p. cm.
"Interdisciplinary Community Development : International Perspectives has been co-pub
lished simultaneously as Journal of Community Practice, Volume 15, Numbers 1/2 2007."
"HN90. V64 C485 2006 Examination of community development issues extending beyond the anchor
discipline of social work in different areas around the world/'
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-3293-5 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-3294-2 (soft cover : alk. paper)
1. Community development-International cooperation. 2. Community organization. 3.
Interorganizational relations. 4. Social action. I. Butterfield, Alice K. Johnson. II. Korazim-Korösy,
Yossi.
HN49.C6I558 2007
307.1'4-dc22 2007030383
Interdisciplinary
Community Development:
International Perspectives
CONTENTS
Preface: Defining Community
and Its Development xv
Gary Craig, PhD
Interdisciplinary Community Development
from International Perspectives:
An Introduction 1
Yossi Korazim-Korösy, DSW
Alice Κ. Johnson Butterfield, PhD
DEFINING INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Towards Interdisciplinary Community
Collaboration and Development:
Knowledge and Experience from Israel and the USA 13
Yossi Korazim-Korösy, DSW
Terry Mizrahi, PhD
Chana Katz, PhD
Amnon Karmon, MA
Martha Lucia Garcia, MSW
Marcia Bayne Smith, DSW
The Contribution of Law and Social Work
to Interdisciplinary Community Development
and Peace Building in the Middle East 45
Merav Moshe Grodofsky, PhD
Adult Literacy Education and Community Development 67
Jennifer E. Subban, PhD
UNIVERSITIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Reconceptualizing Community Organization in India:
A Transdisciplinary Perspective 91
Janki Andharia, PhD
Transcending Boundaries:
An International, Interdisciplinary
Community Partnership to Address Domestic Violence 121
Dennis 7. Ritchie, PhD
Kimberly K. Eby, PhD
From Disciplinary to Interdisciplinary
Community Development:
The Jos-McMaster Drought
and Rural Water Use Project in Nigeria 147
Charles Oladipo Fiki, MA, MSW
Joash Amupitan, PhD
Daniel Dabi, PhD
Anthony Nyong, PhD
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE BY NGOs
NGO Development in Croatia:
De Facto Interdisciplinary Practice 171
Mirela Despotovic, BA
Milan Medic, ΒA
David Shimkus, MSW
Lee Staples, PhD
Pentru Voi Fundatia:
Interdisciplinary Community Development
Using Social Enterprise in Romania 193
Robin L. Ersing, PhD
Diane N. Loeffler, PhD
Martin B. Tracy, PhD
Laila Onu, MSW
Measuring Wellness Through Interdisciplinary
Community Development:
Linking the Physical, Economic
and Social Environment 217
Betsy Blunsdon, PhD, MBA, BA (Hon)
Melanie Davern, PhD, BSc (Hon)
AFTERWORD
Interdisciplinary Community Development:
Setting the Future Course 239
Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, PhD
Yossi Korazim-Körösy, DSW
Index 247
This page intentionally left blank
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, PhD, is a Professor at the Jane Addams Col
lege of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Johnson is the au
thor of more than 35 journal articles and book chapters, many of which are
devoted to policy and service delivery for homeless families, community prac
tice, and international social work education. She is co-author of a forthcoming
book, The Dynamics of Family Policy in the 21st Century: Analysis, Influence
and Advocacy (Lyceum Press). She also has had a long-time interest in in
ternational social work. She has been a visiting professor at the University
Eotvos Lorand in Budapest, Hungary. Since 2001, she has been involved in
the development of the School of Social Work at Addis Ababa University
in Ethiopia [http://www.aboutsweep.org]. Her international research in
cludes the emergence of the nonprofit sector and child welfare organiza
tions in Romania, and participatory community development in Ethiopia.
In 2006, work with Ethiopia won the Partners in International Education
Award from the Global Commission of the Council on Social Work Edu
cation. With Tracy Soska, she is editor of University-Community Partner
ships: Universities in Civic Engagement (Haworth Press). Dr. Johnson is
the national Coordinator of Operations & Administration for the Associa
tion for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA),
and a member of the Council on Social Work Education's Commission on
Global Social Work Education. In 2007, Alice received the Distinguished
Alumni Award from Washington University in St. Louis.
Yossi Korazim-Körösy, DSW, is a senior social worker and a commu
nity social work specialist in Israel. For over three decades, he has been
engaged in social work practice, training, teaching, social planning and
research. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Dr. Korazim-Körösy is currently
employed by the Ministry of Social Affairs in Jerusalem, as Head of Pol
icy-Planning Department and is the founder and first Chair of the Inter
disciplinary Forum for Community Development. Dr. Korazim-Körösy
serves on the Boards of the International Association for Community De
velopment (IACD) and the Association for Community Organization and
