01794pab a2200217 454500008004000000100001900040245011400059260000900173300001200182362000800194520109700202650001301299650002001312650002101332700001901353700001901372773005001391909001101441999001901452952010501471180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHickey, Andrew  aUnderstanding community to engage community: the use of qualitative in local government  community engagement  c2015  ap.4-17.  aMar  aLocal government departments charged with the responsibility of engaging with their communities require a codified evidence base for designing and delivering engagement initiatives. This is vital if the engagement initiative is to take effective account of the often multifarious and divergent needs that present within the community. This was the case for the Community Development and Facilities Branch of the Toowoomba Regional Council in Queensland, which in partnership with social researchers based in an Australian regional university set about developing a sequenced professional development programme that up-skilled council staff in field-based qualitative research approaches. This article addresses findings from this collaboration, as well as detailing more broadly the role qualitative social research might play in local government community engagement practice. Core concerns are how the views, perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of a community might be gathered through qualitative social research and the ways in which this might inform engagement initiatives. - Reproduced.  aResearch  aSocial research  aLocal government  aMcDonald, Lisa  aReynolds, Paul  aAsia Pacific Journal of Public Administration  a108114  c108109d108109  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 37, Issue no: 1pAR108574r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR