HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Historical Background of Community Development

The concept of community development has undergone drastic changes over the years since primitive society. These changes have been caused by the ever-changing needs of communities. Let us look at how community development has evolved from the primitive and pre-industrial period right through to modern society.

Primitive Period: - 

 In the primitive period, the aim of community development was to protect communities from enemies or other communities. The first priority then was to establish a defense or a strategic plan for community protection.

During this period there was community leader who is considered as the leader of their people. Development of the community was done by these individuals, This development was further, lead by the chosen personals or by the descendants  of the similar dynasty through which the king ruled.

The rise of the community development was very fast and was given by the dark ages to imperial age where the mortality and the strength of any particular  kingdom, clan or society were increased from zero to maximum level to conquer the best.

Customs, traditions and taboo were the major guiding factors in community development. A few people guided and took leadership for community development. The vast majority of members of the community were supporters of the leaders and managers who stood for community development.

Pre-industrial Period

Initialization of Industrial ages

During the pre-industrial period, communities mobilized resources for community development by capturing the resources of other communities. Community Development 4 Social Work and Development The main focus of community development was, therefore, mainly for manpower development, self- defense and for conquering other communities for resource mobilization.

Industrial Period

During this period, the main agenda for community development was infrastructural development and resource mobilization for industrial growth. The role of the manager in community development was identified during this period. However, environmental issues were not properly addressed.

Modern Society

In modern society, the focus of community development is people and the positive elements in their social well-being. There are greater involvement and participation of people in the planning and implementation of community development programs. Communities are also empowered to make the best use of available resources for community development.

Human resource development is another change associated with modern society and one that is viewed as the ultimate goal in community development. It is considered important to have people in the right roles and to build their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Human beings are seen as the most important resource. Education, health and the quality of life of people, both at the micro and macro levels are also important in the present context of community development.

This shift has resulted in vast changes in the theory and practice of community development. Peace and the ability to meet basic needs, such as food are other essential requirements of a sustainable community.

Hence This was all about today community development blog that how community development varied continuously throughout the course of time, from this blog we can learn the basic fundamental knowledge of the community development and further we can illustrate that how can we play our sufficient and most important role in the community development. I hope you liked this blog share and comment if you liked the blog or any recommendations.