CESC

• community


  generally defined as common cultural heritage, language, beliefs, and shared interests
• community as a sociological construct


  set of interactions, human behaviors that have meaning and expectations between its members
• a community has fuzzy boundaries


  the boundary of a community is not so precise
• a communities can be within communities
• communities may move
• capacity to create linkage and develop helpful relationships with individuals

  connections
• power in number


  indicates or signifies base, back up, or support
• rewards


  being able to provide awards, promotion, money, and gifts that are useful
• capacity to foster respect and loyalty based on charm, talents, and skills

  personal traits/expertise
• possesses a leadership title or higher organizational position


  legitimate power
• information


  the ability to keep or share information
• coercion


  influence through manipulation and coercion
• sociologists and geographers (first group)


  social and spatial formation
• cultural studies and anthropology(second group)


  ideas of belonging and difference around issues such as identity
• social movement (third group)


  form of political mobilization inspired by radical democracy that prompts communities of action to oppose social injustice
• Influence of Globalization (fourth group)


  considers development of a community based on the rise of a global society and draws on processes such as transnational mobility
• social science perspective


  congregation of people unified by at least one common characteristic
• gemeinschaft


  community (unity of will)
• gesellschaft 


  german term for society
• CBP

  as a setting
• CBP

  target for change
• CBP

  as a resource
• CBP

  as an agent
• ecological perspective


  congregation of species (exemplified by BROFENBRENNER)
• sectoral perspective


  system comprised of individuals and sectors with diverse characteristics and interrelationships
• civil society perspective


  composed of people, structures, and etc. but is confronted with social issues
• Rural

  
• urban


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• Layer-cake Model


  George Modelski
• Physical Space-Virtual Social Space


  physical an internet
• Geographic Community / Neighborhood


  has physical boundaries
• Community of Interest and Solidarity

  
• intentional community


  individuals that come together voluntarily and support each other
• community action


  people who are experiencing the same situation tends to connect with each other and pursue a common goal and action
• common context


  similar setting/locality
• common experience


  similar experiences
• common understanding of an issue
• common analysis
• an acceptable standard


  minimum standard in undertaking an action
• an action that is acceptable to the community

  agree on what action to take and who will lead