Citation

Gaupp PG. Community Ment. Health J. 1969; 5(3): 233-239.

Affiliation

Graduate School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Tex..

Copyright

(Copyright © 1969, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF01463956

PMID

24178776

Abstract

The commitment to serve the "public interest"is often referred to by community organization and planning professionals. This idealized concept is examined and compared to the behavior of practitioners. The necessity for determining which publics, and whose interests, are to be served in order to find an appropriate approach are discussed. Whether the practitioners are to see themselves as technical expediters, change agents, or peacemakers, seems to be at issue. The past community organization commitment to a process as the ultimate guarantee of accomplishment is questioned and new directions are discussed.

Language: en