This text critiques the traditional practice of community organization, change, and development, and concludes that the present practice of Community Development (CD) and Social Policy and Planning (SP&P) is no longer capable of meeting the current challenges at the local or national level.

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Donald G. Reid, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, is internationally recognized for his theoretical and practical research on society in transition, community development, poverty, and the changing patterns of work and leisure. He has authored a total of 194 publications, and his work has been cited to date in 2,756 scholarly works. His books include Work and Leisure in the 21st Century: From Production to Citizenship (1995), Tourism, Globalization and Development (2003), Social Policy and Planning for the 21st Century: In Search of the Next Great Social Transformation (2017), A New-World System: From Chaos to Sustainability (2021), and Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy (2023).