The Paradoxes and Promise of Community Coalitions

Community coalitions, as they are currently applied, are unique organizations whose ability to promote community change is different from other types of community organizations. This article explores those differences and elaborates how community coalitions can use those differences to transform con...

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Published in:American journal of community psychology 2001-04, Vol.29 (2), p.309-320
Main Author: Chavis, David M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coalition politics
Coalitions
Community action
community capacity building
community change
Community Health Planning - organization & administration
Community Health Planning - trends
Community Participation
Community psychology
Conflict
Conflict (Psychology)
Forecasting
Health Care Coalitions - organization & administration
Health Care Coalitions - trends
Health Promotion
Humans
Local communities
Negotiating
Organizational Objectives
Population
Psychology, Social
Quality of life
Social Change
Social conditions & trends
Social Justice
transforming conflict
United States
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Summary:Community coalitions, as they are currently applied, are unique organizations whose ability to promote community change is different from other types of community organizations. This article explores those differences and elaborates how community coalitions can use those differences to transform conflict into greater capacity, equity, and justice. Concerns are also raised in this article about how community coalitions can intentionally and unintentionally protect the status quo and contain the empowerment of grassroots leadership and those of marginalized groups. There is a need for more theory, research, and discourse on how community coalitions can transform conflict into social change and how they can increase the power of grassroots and other citizen‐lead organizations.
ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1023/A:1010343100379