CESC Lesson 1 & 2

• Community


  Defined by location and social identification
• Location


  Community can be defined as a group of individuals bound within a specific geographic location
• Social identification


  Community can be defined as a collective that identifies common traits, goals, or customs
• Self-help


  How individuals seek personal development without the help of others
• Community ownership


  Level of commitment and accountability that an individual has for the community
• Community participation


  Being part of an ongoing project but being an active member of by taking part in the managerial and organizational development of the community
• Inclusion 


  echoes the need for the community to be compromising and tolerant for the differences among its members. Not only the majority but also the minority.
• Access and Equity 


  Imply the ease in which various individuals and groups can attain the necessities and resources
• Advocacies


  Formed by community and its leaders. Include the multitudes of topics where people are compelled to push for value-specific agenda that are shared through their supporters.
• Networking


  Formations are created with the organic networking of actors that later find commonalities and avenues for cooperation and partnerships.
• Social action 


  Standing on the foundation of advocacies and networking. The community hopes to address the status quo through the combined efforts of actors.
• Anthropological Perspective (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic)


  Communities are the driving force of civilization
• Sociological Perspective 


  Observes community in a more sociological perspectives, by focusing the subject across agencies, from the individual (micro level) to a larger and broader subject (macro level).
• Political Perspective


  Gives emphasis about the interplay of power and society. Explains political action and behavior and the distribution of power and authority in the real world. Views communities as composed of citizens guided under one constitution or government.
• Nation


  Composed of individuals that share common background such as language, history, or religion.
• State


  political entity that has population, territory, sovereignty, and government.
• Nation-state


  Formed when nation and state come together to form a unified body.
• Institutional perspective


  Institutions are the core establishments that bind people toward a specific advocacy or goal.
• Institutions


  Grand social structures that are made up by individuals which, when viewed as a whole, exhibit patterns of behavior that create conventions and norms in our society.
• Government Institutions


  The government, as an institution, grants its citizens with the liberties and rights. It has the power to lead and govern its citizens within a confined territory. Establishes Social Contract.
• Economic Institution


  Mechanism in which goods, services, and money are distributed. From the state down to communities and individuals, we are all part of a market system. Focuses on Scarcity.
• Religious institutions


  It plays a huge part in creating one’s identity and played a very critical part in advancing civilizations and has also been the reason for the downfall of many.
• Educational institutions


  It paves the way for individuals to be functional in the society. Gives emphasis on the holistic development.
• Family institutions


  It is the building blocks of the society.It is at the center of the society is the family, and it is where the community and society draw strength from.
• Nongovernment organizations


  It is Formal. A clear representation of how society groups, once they achieve a semblance of identity, order, and social capital, can be a force in terms of promoting their interests. Can be local or international. Organized, voluntary, needs oriented
• Social movements 


  Informal. Have bigger membership. Groups that exist for a sole purpose or issue and tend to fizzle out once it is attained. Exist through the sheer will of their members in spreading their concerns in various platforms, such as flash gatherings and rallies.
• Interest groups


  Civil society groups that exist primarily to push for policy agendas and nothing more. May be composed of multiple civil society groups that share a common agenda. By-product of the interconnections across societal actors.