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A case study of the community organizing process in addressing the problems raised during conducting a survey for the New Assiut Barrage and Hydropower Plant project.

مؤلف البحث
Ahmed Mohamed M.H Elbrieary
المشارك في البحث
قسم البحث
سنة البحث
2012
مجلة البحث
Periodcal of Social Work Studies and Human Science, Faculty of Social Work, Helwan university.
الناشر
, Faculty of Social Work,Helwan university.
عدد البحث
vol., 35 , October ,2012
تصنيف البحث
2
صفحات البحث
NULL
موقع البحث
http://www.aun.edu.eg/arabic/membercv.php?M_ID=3903
ملخص البحث

Abstract
This study is an intrinsic case study intended to provide in-depth information about the community organizing process; stages, activities, Techniques and tools in the context of conducting survey research for the New Assiut Barrage and Hydropower Plant project. As The survey application process, a purposive sample Frome the project-affected people (PAP) (households/ individuals /groups) should have been categorically identified; especially those who have suffered damage. In addition to the complex problems faced by researcher and field research team (FRT) in determining the actually worthy numbers from adversely - project affected (the owners of lands, users of governmental lands and fishermen. These issues and other have represented an integrated process for community organizing. An intrinsic case study involves looking at individual cases in great detail to examine their particularity and complexity (Stake 1995: 3). According to Merriam (1988,cited in Bosma et al 2009,), case study methodology is particularly useful in examining process and understanding events, making it well suited for an examination of community organizing. The case will be examined through evaluating data collected during the community organizing process and content analysis of narratives compiled by the researcher, co-ordinated by FRT, and to document their work. As part of the process evaluation, FRT recorded all community contacts, action team meetings, focus groups, minutes, and others activities, whether included or not in the survey plan, into a written database. The case study results and lessons learned were discussed.