Moreover, it will never have a unified blueprint. Nevertheless, this chapter proposes a way of unclerstanding the con- tours of the community development system. We write not as architects but as workers sketching an image from where we stand, knowing that much of the structure is invisible to us. To clevelop this image, we draw on past stud- ies, other chapters of this volume, reaclers' comments on earlier cirafts, and interviews we conducted with practitioners in several cities. Assumptions that seem to justify the community option may or may not be generally correct.
Available research is only suggestive, and alter- native assumptions seem equally plausible.
Our analysis raises a number of research questions. Although we challenge the community option, we clo not completely reject it. Yin, as thoughtful proponents of the community option, have in mind. Each of the examples demonstrates the importance of a particular division of roles and responsibilities among levels and sectors. These examples help to illustrate how progress depends . . . . .