Understanding Community Governance: A Global Perspective

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, government institutions have had to change their approaches to community governance. Over recent years there has been much discussion on the impact of community governance within local communities. The aim of this paper is to critically explore the contemporary debates on community governance. Two case study examples, namely: the United Kingdom and India have been examined with regard to the changing delivery of community governance. In this paper we argue that similarities can be drawn from both case studies regarding how community organisations function and the facilitation of their resources