Community?

Community
• - a group of people living in
the same place or having a
particular characteristic in
common.
4 Perspectives
Social Science Perspective
• a group of people living in the same defined area, sharing common basic
values, organization, and interests.
Institutional Perspective
• seeks to mobilize diverse social institutions including the market, community,
and state to promote people's welfare.
• Formal and Informal Institution
Civil Society Perspective
• refers to a political community of organized groups operating within the
authoritative parameters of the state.
• CO: NGO, PO, Social Movement
Organic Perspective
• local or grassroots groups within a particular locale that is driven and
organized because of community issues and concerns.
 What is Dimension?

an aspect or feature of a situation, problem, or thing.

Individual Dimensions of a Community
• Individual and the Community
• We create situations and opportunities that allow us to
interact with one another and form social relationships and
groups within a community.
• Interrelationships
• Individuals associate with other individuals through their
commonalities in attributes, sentiments, histories, and
experiences.
• Organizations
• Interconnected individuals strengthen their bonds and form
organizations.
Individual Dimensions of a Community
• Individual and the Community
• We create situations and opportunities that allow us to
interact with one another and form social relationships and
groups within a community.
• Interrelationships
• Individuals associate with other individuals through their
commonalities in attributes, sentiments, histories, and
experiences.
• Organizations
• Interconnected individuals strengthen their bonds and form
organizations.
Structural Dimension of a Community
Geographic Dimension
• Focus on how a community is shaped by the physical space it uses and the
location of its resources.
• human, natural, and technological

Socio-Political Dimension
• Refers to the relationships of power and control between individuals and
groups in a community.
Economic Dimension
• Refers to the means by which members of a community allocate, produce, and
distribute scarce resources to address their wants and needs.
Cultural Dimension
• Refers to the people’s way of life.
Dynamics and Processes?
Dynamics
• the forces or properties which stimulate
growth, development, or change within a
system or process.
Processes
• a series of actions or steps taken in order
to achieve a particular end.
Community Dynamics and
Processes
• The dominant analytic approach in
studying community dynamics and
processes focuses on community power
relations, leadership, and social
change.
Community Power Relationships

Power Structure in Community

Formal
• Form the legal-authoritative basis of elected and appointed government
officials and leaders of civic organizations.
• legal-authoritative decision-makers

Informal
• Exist alongside the formal-institutional power structure.
• Influencer
Leadership
• Refers to the processes and qualities of command and
decisiveness with regard to the necessary actions that
ensure the welfare of the community.
Community Leaders
• Are individuals selected, nominated, and appointed as
stewards, vanguards, and champions of issues relevant to a
community.
Social Change

• is the alteration of the social order of a society which may

include changes in social institutions, social behaviors, or
social relations.
ASSIGNMENT:
• Enumerate and Define the Types of
Communities.