Restrictive effects of tradition-bound community decision-making

In many small communities in the Global South, 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.

1. Tradition-bound social structures in rural areas
2. Inferior status employment

1. Unrelated pioneer institutions
2. Unavailability of local facilities
3. Stifled emerging leadership
4. Static and unrelated social roles
5. Prejudicial community self-reliance
6. Limited social guidance from older generations
7. Limited decision-making context
8. Inadequate meeting methods
9. Deteriorating community identity

1. Unpublicized public meetings
2. Unproven new methods
3. Underdeveloped community leadership
4. Undemocratic policy-making
5. Uncoordinated joint planning

1. Structural failure of citizen participation
2. Paternalism

1. Defiance of tradition-bound domestic leadership

1. Limited meeting facilities

1. Undermining tradition-bound community decision-making
2. Preserving traditional community decision-making
3. Limiting decision-making context

1. Ill
2. Restriction
3. Tradition-bound