Importance of Studying Community Dynamics

• size


  a community is classified on the basis of its _____, which may be big or small (both of these are still essential for human life!)
• a particular name


  members of a community are also identified by this name
• a particular name


  every community has this by which it is known to the world
• naturality


  simply put, communities are not imposed or enforced on us, it's naturally formed
• naturality


  individuals become a member of a community by birth
• naturality


  talks about a community growing spontaneously
• naturality


  it is neither a product of human will nor created by an act of government
• naturality


  communities are naturally organized
• permanency


  refers to the permanent living of individuals within a definite territory (meaning it's not temporary like that of a crowd or association)
• permanency


  a community is always a permanent group
• likeness


  similarities in these respects are responsible for the development of community sentiment
• likeness


  as they live within a definite locality, a community leads a common life and share some common ends
• community sentiment


  refers to a sentiment of common living that exists among the members of a locality
• community sentiment


  a strong sense of awe feeling among the members or a feeling of belonging together
• definite locality


  a community can only form a group of people who reside in a definite territory
• definite locality


  important characteristic bc a community is a territorial group (focuses on the geographical aspect!)
• group of people


  the first pre-requisites of a community
• group of people


  a community may be small or large but it will always refer to a group of people bc w/o this, we can't think of a community
• group of people


  the most fundamental or essential characteristic or element of community
• 8 elements of community

  1. group of people,

  2. definite locality,

  3. community sentiment,

  4. likeness,

  5. permanence,

  6. naturality,

  7. a particular name,

  8. size
• community of interests


  composed of people sharing common interests like artists, pet lovers, sports enthusiasts, and musicians among others
• community of identity


  a community representing various kinds of differentiations such as gender, ethnicity, or physical abilities
• geographical community


  group of people occupying a definite physical space where people do their social activities and functions
• 3 types of communities

  1. geographical community,

  2. community of identity,

  3. community of interests
• life


  The basic idea of all the concepts of community is that one can live a whole ____ within a community.
• Talcott Parsons


  defined community as "a collectivity, the members of which have a common territorial area as their base of operation for daily activities"
• Ferdinand Tonnies


  defined community as "an organic natural kind of social group whose members are bound together by the sense of belonging"
• Kingsley Davis


  defined community as "the smallest territorial group that can embrace all aspects of social life"
• Karl Mannheim


  defined community as "any circle of people who live together and belong together in such a way that they do not share this or that particular interest only, but a whole set of interests"
• community


  a population often rooted in one place where the daily life of each member involves contact with and dependence on other members
• community


  means serve together
• munis


  the Latin word for serve
• cam


  the Latin word for together
• community


  a dynamic social group whose members:

  a. settle in a specific geographical space

  b. submit to a common political institution

  c. engage in socio-economic activities

  d. share common cultural views