Context matters: A case study of community development approaches in tribal areas
- Title
- Context matters: A case study of community development approaches in tribal areas
- Creator
- Maya M.
- Description
- Tribal development initiatives aim to address aspects of marginality covering educational, occupational, social and political dimensions. A review of literature on the challenges in effective tribal development discusses narrow vision, implementation strategy, the attitude of people involved in the implementation and lack of community participation as hindrances in realising the desired goals. This chapter explores the need to have a context-specific approach to realise the community development goals in tribal areas considering the cultural and economic diversity of Scheduled Tribes in India. A single embedded case study has been used to understand tribal development initiatives in the three project sites, namely Manikgarh, Maharashtra; Bastar, Chhatisgarh and Niravilpuzha, Kerala. All these projects aim at the overall development of the community either through a child-centred approach or through a self-help approach. A constructive outcome-based evaluation model has been used in analysing the developmental approach, and in-depth interviews and FGDs were conducted with the project staff. An attempt has been made to study the impact on direct beneficiaries at micro, meso and macro levels. It explores the ways in which universities could become change agents through socially responsible engagements in tribal areas. This chapter would contribute towards developing a social responsibility model for other universities to emulate. 2024 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Source
- Models for Social Responsibility Action by Higher Education Institutions, pp. 71-85.
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
- Subject
- Child-centered development; Community development; Constructive outcome evaluation; Scheduled tribes; SDG-1; Self-help approach; Social responsibility model
- Coverage
- Maya M., Department of Sociology and Social Work, Christ University, Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 979-889113251-1; 979-889113097-5
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Maya M., “Context matters: A case study of community development approaches in tribal areas,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 22, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18186.