Community Organizing, Health Promotion and Education Flashcards
Identification
describe the special, direct, exclusive and personal intangible relationship associated to a larger society
Commune (French) and Gemeinshaft (German)
Identification
A social group determined by geographic boundaries and/or common values and interests
Community
Identification
Members know and interact with each other
Community
Identification
Functions within a particular social structure and exhibits and creates norms, values and social institutions
Community
Identification
share physical space;
residents come in contact with each other through proximity, instead of intent.
Geographic Community
Identification
There should be a
feeling or sense of “belonging” and hold at least some values and symbols in common.
Geographic Community
Identification
sometimes referred to as “communities within communities”.
Communities of Interest
Identification
Members choose to associate with each other based on common interests or shared concerns.
Communities of Interest
Identification
Examples
ethnic groups, low income groups
Communities of Interest
Identification
groups of people primarily interacting through communication media instead of face to face.
Virtual Communities
Identification
are “social
aggregations that emerge from the Net when people carry on public discussions, long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships.
Virtual Communities
Identification
“the process of building power through involving a constituency in identifying problems they share and the solutions to those problems that they desire
Community Organizing According to Beckwith and Lopez
Identification
identifying the people and structures that can make those solutions possible
Community Organizing According to Beckwith and Lopez
Identification
enlisting those targets in the effort through
negotiation and using confrontation and pressure when needed
Community Organizing According to Beckwith and Lopez
Identification
and building an institution that is democratically
controlled by that constituency that can develop the capacity to take on further problems and that embodies the will and the power of that
constituency”
Community Organizing According to Beckwith and Lopez