SOC 004

• Community is a combination of two Latin word "cam" means together and "Munis" means serve.
• Communities are generally defined by thier common cultural heritage, language, beliefs and shared interest.
• Community small such as small place-based community of a barangay or coastal village. Large such as large place-based community of a region, state or nation.
• Social Science Perspective

  A community is a congregation of people unified by at least one common characteristic. So, people can be unified by geography, shared interest, values, experiences, or traditions Generally, there is a common pattern of behavior.
• Sectoral Perspective or Institutional Perspective

  Given this perspective, communities are seen as a system that is comprised of individuals and sectors with diverse characteristics and interrelationships The sectors are composed of groups of individuals embodying distinct roles and interests within the community system.
• Civil Society Perspective

  Views the community as composed of people, structures, and systems endowed with resources but is confronted with social issues as well.
• Civil Society Perspective

  is generally defined as a wide array of non-governmental organizations and volunteer groups that are fighting for solutions to social issues that continue to worsen the conditions of the disadvantaged sectors of society especially the poor
• Community-Based Perspective (Local and Grassroots Level)

  as a setting for intervention a target for change resources and an agent. We also have a description per classification.
• Community-Based Perspective (Local and Grassroots Level)

  Thus, the situation provides a high possibility of project intervention success Fourth, the focus is respecting and reinforcing the natural adaptive. supportive and development capacities of communities as an agent
• TECHNOLOGICAL

  It is the community capital - its tools, skills, and ways of dealing with the physical environment. It is the interface between humanity and nature. This dimension is not comprised of the physical tools themselves but of the learned ideas and behavior that allow humans to invent, use, and teach others about these tools Technology is as much a cultural dimension as beliefs and patterns of interaction are It is symbolic. For an individual or a family
• ECONOMIC

  It is the community's various ways and means of production and allocation of scarce and useful goods and services through barter, market trade, state allocations, and others. If it is scarcer, the value increases,
• POLITICAL

  The various ways and means of allocating power influence, and decision- making it is not the same as ideology which belongs to the values dimension it Includes but is not limited to types of governments and management systems
• INSTITUTIONAL

  These are the ways people act react and interact with each other as well as the ways they expect each other to act and interact it includes institutional such as manage or friendship, roles such as a mother or police officer, status or class, and other patterns of behavior.
• AESTHETIC VALUE

  This refers to the structures of ideas sometimes paradoxical inconsistent or contradictory that people have about what is good and bad beautiful and ugly, and night and wrong. This is what they use to explain or justify their actions.
• BELIEF CONCEPTUAL

  This is another structure of ideas also sometimes contradictory that people have about the nature of the universe, the world around them their role in it and the nature of time, matter and behavior
• CONNECTIONS

  The capacity to create linkages and develop helpful relationships with powerful individuals, familles, and organizations For example, occasionally one hears the expression, "S/he's well connected. Meaning a person has many connections and that is power?
• POWER IN NUMBER

  refers to many people. A recent increase in membership of a watershed group, for example could have an impact on a county commissioner.
• REWARDS

  The ability to provide awards, promotions, money, gifts and tangible items that are useful to meet individual or organizational goals.
• PERSONAL TRAITS/EXPERTISE

  The capacity to foster respect and loyalty based on charm, talents, and skills. Ilis an individual's charisma, creativity, charm, leadership abilities, or some combination of these characteristics that can foster the respect and loyalty of others.
• LEGITIMATE POWER

  The leadership title or higher organizational or institutional position Usually, the higher the office, the more powerful the person. The city manager, for example, holds a higher position and has more power than the city engineer. Or the chief of an American Indian tribe has traditional and legitimate power
• INFORMATION

  The ability to keep or share information. It is to channel - or withhold - information. The mass media has this type of power. Nowadays media plays a big role of impact in our community.
• COERCION

  Influence through manipulation and coercion. It is the attempt to influence others using a negative style, such as using intimidation or manipulation. This is why the concept of power is a "dirty word" and is now less accepted because of the people who abuse and manipulate others.
• SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE

  The course of embracing the behavior patterns of the community is referred to as socialization, So, socialization starts at the early stage of life where one develops knowledge, skills, and orientation. But socialization also happens during adulthood. especially when the person is placed in a new environment. Therefore, he/she needs to adapt to a new pattern of behavior.
• Family is the key player that creates a certain pattern of behavior We learned how to socialize because of our family. Yet as a person learns to socialize with peers and engage with different societal institutions such as the mass media, government, workplace, and school, the person develops a new .
• SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE OR INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

  The sectors have a role to fulfill, and a functional seizure means demise or closure. Thus, a breakdown of that role results in the weakening of the sector's community system.
• CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE

  Recognizes that those who are affected by social problems must organize and band together to pursue and advocate for social change. Hence, the goal is to mobilize the members of the community to participate in the community's advocacies.
• COMMUNITY BASED PERSPECTIVE

  This mean that communities, through local institutions, provide resources for realizing regular needs. This perspective requires vigilance in assessing community structures and processes before any community interventions. As the philosopher Lao Tzu said, "Start where the people are."
• COMMUNITY BASED PERSPECTIVE

  First, as a setting for intervention, the community is mainly defined geographically. Second, as a target for change, the community denotes the goal of creating a healthy environment facilitated by policy and community- wide institutions and services. Third, as a resource, the community is a good material for promotion as it has a considerable degree of community ownership and participation. Fourth, the focus is respecting and reinforcing the natural adaptive,supportive, and development capacities of communities as an agent.
• Community is a complex system with different dimensions. These dimensions may be present in all communities, but they may vary in size, degree, and complexity. Each of these dimensions of culture is transmitted by symbols (not genes) and consists of systems of learned ideas and behavior.
• Culture is not inherited it is a symbol that they (parents) transmitted to us. They are not "aspects" of culture; they are dimensions.
• TECHNOLOGICAL

  It is the community capital - its tools, skills, and ways of dealing with the physical environment. It is the interface between humanity and nature.
• TECHNOLOGICAL

  This dimension is not comprised of the physical tools themselves but of the learned ideas and behavior that allow humans to invent, use, and teach others about these tools.
• TECHNOLOGICAL

  Is a cultural dimension as beliefs and patterns of interaction are. It is symbolic. For an individual or a family, their house, furniture, and household facilities, including kitchen appliances and utensils, doors, windows, beds, and lamps. Language, which is one of the important features of being human, This goes along with communication aids such as radio, telephones, TV, books, and typewriters (now computers).
• Local-Global. This distinction is used in

  communication as a code to produce information about people and culture. The challenge is to be cognizant of social realities and regard local culture in the advent of globalization. "Think globally, act locally" presses people to consider the situation of the entire planet and to act locally, in their communities and cities.
• Physical Space. Virtual Social Space-A social space is either physical or virtual such as online social media or a center or gathering place where people interact. Physical space refers to unlimited three-dimensional expanses in which material objects are located. On the other hand, virtual social space refers to nonphysical.
• Formal-informal

  Formal community is formed when two or more persons come together. They have a common objective/goal. They are willing to work together to achieve this similar objective. While informal communities exist within the formal community. An informal community is a network of personal and social relationships. People working in a formal community meet and interact regularly. They work, travel, and eat together. Therefore, they become good friends and companions. There are many groups of friends in a formal community. These groups are called Informal Communities.
• Rural-Urban

  This classification is geographical in nature. Rural Areas are separate and away from the influence of large cities and towns. It is known as the countryside, farmland, or agricultural land. Urban areas, on the other hand, are called cities or towns.
• Community power actors

  Play a predominant role in the community. These power actors have been referred to as key leaders, influential legitimizers, and decision-makers.
• Community power actors

  They often have the social power to affect the outcomes of community decisions.