Miami Thrives: Weaving a Poverty Reduction Coalition
Miami Thrives: Weaving a Poverty Reduction Coalition
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DOI：
10.1007/s10464-014-9657-z
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Moore, Wendy
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作者：
Evans, Scotney D.;Rosen, Adam D.;Moore, Wendy
在一个以社区为基础的组织被要求做更多事情来缓解复杂社会问题的影响的环境中，网络和联盟正在成为增加规模、效率、协调以及最重要的社会影响的答案。本文重点介绍了在佛罗里达州南部组建减贫联盟的情况。我们的案例研究方法记录了迈阿密-戴德县的一个发展中的联盟，以及一个组织作为该倡议的带头人的作用。根据对主要组织工作人员的采访、参与者的实地观察笔记、网络地图以及对该倡议的文档和人工制品的分析，我们分析了当地的组织背景，并说明了与支持正在发展的联盟相关的重要流程。研究结果利用社会网络分析提供了社区内组织间关系的图景，并确定了在这一背景下促进和抑制凝聚力和有效联盟形成的组织能力因素。这项研究还强调了行动研究方法在组织学习联盟建设方面的效用，这种方法可以为决策提供信息。
In an environment where community based organizations are asked to do increasingly more to alleviate the effects of complex social problems, networks and coalitions are becoming the answer for increasing scale, efficiency, coordination, and most importantly, social impact. This paper highlights the formation of a poverty reduction coalition in south Florida. Our case study approach chronicles a developing coalition in Miami-Dade County and the role of one organization acting as lead to the initiative. Drawing on interviews with lead organization staff, participant observation field notes, network mapping and analysis of documents and artifacts from the initiative, we analyze the local organizational context and illuminate important processes associated with supporting a developing coalition. Findings offer a picture of the interorganizational relationships in the community using social network analysis and identify the organizational capacity factors that contribute to and inhibit the formation of a cohesive and effective coalition in this context. This study also highlights the utility of an action research approach to organizational learning about coalition-building in such a way that informs decision making.