The 50 th Anniversary and the Future of CDJ: Emerging and Enduring Issues Mick Carpenter Editor CDJ Marilyn Taylor Anniversary Special Issue Editor

CDJ is… The leading journal in the field, distributed in more than 80 countries Launched in 1966 and 2015 our 50 th year Published by Oxford University Press, a world leader and ‘responsible’ publisher Part of the International Social Science Citation (ISSC) index – impact score in 2014 Double blind peer review all relevant articles above a certain quality threshold We’re moving towards ‘freer access’ – More regular or intermittent content e.g. Editorials, Special Issues – all articles can be deposited on an institutional repository after 2 years (green open access)

Publication policy “The leading international journal in its field, covering a wide range of topics, reviewing significant developments and providing a forum for cutting-edge debates about theory and practice. It adopts a broad definition of community development to include policy, planning and action as they impact on the life of communities. It seeks to publish critically focused articles which challenge received wisdom, report and discuss innovative practices, and relate issues of community development to questions of social justice, diversity and environmental sustainability”

CDJ Publication Platforms Standard Articles, 7k words – often more ‘academically’ focused and ‘research based’ Reflections Articles, 2k words – often more ‘practically’ focused or ‘think pieces’ Book Reviews and Review Articles – key texts in the field Special Issues – Issues, Supplements, Themed Sections CDJ Plus – our ‘open access’ platform – reports, announcements, conference materials

CDJ reflecting versus critiquing the changing wider context Post colonialism – hitching community development to ‘economic development’ Crisis of Social Democracy and challenge of the left – centrality of class and resistance to incorporation Challenges to globalisation versus incorporation of community development to neoliberalism (social capital + economic growth) Decentring of class and growth of identity politics and new social movements Religion of ‘growth’ but permanent austerity since 2008 – zombie neoliberalism, dead but still dominant

Examples of articles Promoting Onion growing in Sierra Leone Use of 8mm film in community development Community Development in [Turkey etc] Community development in Britain? Women and Community Development in Kenya and Uganda (domestic science, family troubles, leadership training, nutrition advice) What community developing is not (imposing western models on developing countries), [by Naomi Mitchison -

Examples of 1981 articles Community Development Projects in UK– a ‘graveyard’ for community action Contradictions of community development in Senegal Reviews – Beyond the Social Democratic consensus Industry and Rural Development in China Community Service Volunteers come of age

Selected articles – harder to summarize! – Tourism and community development in Cambodia – Inclusive Community Development for gypsies and travellers in UK – Using poetry as a community development tool – Commons and Community Development – Social capital and agency in community development – Tottenham Riots and Big Society in the UK – Colonial Legacy of International Voluntary Service

Why Community Development? There’s more to life than building individual CVs and internet shopping E M Forster ‘Only Connect’ – humans have a need to do so Sometimes social groupings need skilled external help to do so Community is part of the solution – but not enough – we need redistributive and regulatory states to combat power of capital However is also part of the problem – growth of ISIS, right wing populism and exclusive communities of the rich Enough for now – let’s come back to this question in 2 days time when you’ve all had your say!

Write for the journal – follow some or all of these criteria Relevance to Community Development theory and/or practice (preferably both) Well written, structured and argued, showing awareness of relevant literature and displaying robust use of evidence Bears CDJ’s international and cross-disciplinary audience in mind Links theory to practice or vice versa, avoiding poles of theoretical abstraction and purely descriptive case study Addresses issues such as social justice, inequality, diversity, environmental sustainability Originality: Adds something new or distinctive to current knowledge

The Future of CDJ 2015 Anniversary Year – Virtual Special Issue of selected classic articles – Themed sections on ‘Community Organising’ and ‘2015 Millennium Development Goals’ – 50 th Anniversary Special Issue in January 2016 Further Developments – Submissions to the journal never been higher – Overall quality is rising – Mix of reflecting v critiquing articles – Write up your paper as an article as a Standard or Reflections piece!