Problem
Unformed pattern of cooperative action
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Lack of united actionNeglected cooperative action
Lack of combined efforts
Undeveloped style of collective response
Nature:
Despite the desire of residents in many rural communities to cooperate in local ventures, efforts at organizing such cooperation are often fragmented. Where a group of local residents emerges which will assume responsibility for the community (a phenomenon developing in most nations), their effectivity is directly dependent on the degree of local-corporate decision making they engender. Past failures cause mistrust and this inhibits the willingness of villagers to work together and tends to make communities hesitant about trying other ventures. Although when an emergency arises people work well together, when less immediate issues threaten the absence of long-term cooperative structures is evident. Citizen cooperation is replaced by individualism, especially in situations where property or normal habit patterns are involved. Broader Problems:
InactivityNon-cooperationLack of human unityFragmented community imageStructural failure of citizen participation Narrower Problems:
Uncoordinated joint planningUnutilized wholesale systemsUnorganized labour potentialUncommitted volunteer workersInadequate community policingInsufficient local contributorsDifficult distribution decisionsMalfunctioning of council dynamicsUnderdeveloped community leadershipFragmented planning of community lifeWeak organization of community actionReluctance to join in community actionDeteriorating rural community cooperationUnsystematic use of powerful relationships by rural communities Aggravates:
Low commune prioritySkeptical farming attitudeCommunity under-fulfilmentThwarted community enthusiasmPrevailing community insecurityDeteriorating community identityDelayed humanitarian interventionProhibitive cost of basic servicesDisconnected community initiativesUninformed community decision makingIncomplete utilization of external relationsIsolation of neighbourhood shopping facilitiesLack of community involvement in environmental protection Subject(s):
Action → Action Societal Problems → Scarcity
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Development → Development
Design → Patterns
Value Redistribution → Cooperative
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
27.04.2000 – 00:00 CEST