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Restrictive effects of tradition-bound community decision-making

Visualization of narrower problems

Nature

In small Third World communities, the methods of local decision-making depend heavily on traditional paternalistic patterns which frequently inhibit local development. Occasions that enable all the residents to express concern for the village's future seldom arise; there may be no facilities which enable the gathering of the whole community. The limited roles of informal leadership allow few opportunities to develop the methodological expertise which would realize its full potential. Strong individualism fostered by subsistence living acts against community cohesiveness; and an attitude of waiting for "them" to take care of us prevents significant undertakings being planned or actualized.

Broader

Inferior status employment

Tradition-bound social structures in rural areas

Narrower

Inadequate meeting methods

Stifled emerging leadership

Unrelated pioneer institutions

Limited decision-making context

Deteriorating community identity

Static and unrelated social roles

Unavailability of local facilities

Prejudicial community self-reliance

Limited social guidance from older generations

Aggravates

Unproven new methods

Undemocratic policy-making ^{[in 1 loop]}

Unpublicized public meetings

Uncoordinated joint planning

Underdeveloped community leadership ^{[in 4 loops]}

Aggravated by

Paternalism

Structural failure of citizen participation

Reduced by

Interference with head of household authority

Strategy(ies)

Preserving traditional community decision-making

Undermining tradition-bound community decision-making

Limiting decision-making context

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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