L5: COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND PROCESSES Flashcards
Form the legal-authoritative basis of elected and appointed government officials and leaders of civic organizations.
Formal power structure
Exists alongside the formal-institutional power structure
Informal power structure
Individuals or bodies whose authority is based on formal rules and institutions
Legal-authoritative decision makers
Individuals or groups who do not have direct authority
Influencers
Refers to the process and qualities of command and decisiveness with regard to the necessary actions.
Leadership
Individuals selected, nominated, and appointed as stewards, vanguards, and champions of issues relevant to a community
Community Leaders
It can be due to the opposing and contradicting forces within a community
Social Change