Community Engagement,

Solidarity, and
Citizenship (CSC)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1.Explain the importance of studying community
action in relation to applied social sciences and
the learners’ future career options;
2.Define using various perspectives, e.g. social
sciences, institutions, civil society, and
local/grassroots level.
Community Engagement 

seeks to engage community to

achieve sustainable outcomes,
equitable decision-making processes,
and deepen relationships and trust
between government organizations
and communities.
Solidarity

is a recognition that we are

'all in this together,' and
is a commitment to
strengthen community and
promote a just society.
Citizenship
is the legal recognition of belonging
to a specific nation, state, or
commonwealth. What does
citizenship represent? It may help to
form one's identity, but it also comes
with responsibilities such as
following the laws of a particular
place.
 Social Science

A branch of science that deals with the institutions

and functioning of human society and with the
interpersonal relationships of individuals as members
of society.
Applied Social Science
The application of existing
scientific knowledge to
practical applications, like
technology or inventions.
What is the similarity of social science and
applied social science?

The similarities of pure social sciences and applied

social sciences are that both disciplines study
human behavior and its consequences. Both
disciplines also use a variety of methods to collect
and analyze data. Finally, both disciplines are
concerned with understanding the causes of social
problems.
TRUE OR FALSE: Read each statements carefully.

____________ 1. Community is a collection of people in a particular territory.

____________ 2. Collection of people is always synonymous with community.

____________ 3. The daily operations in the community constitute to a feeling of

isolation.
____________ 4. Society is another term for community.

____________ 5. Being a part of a community develops a sense of belongingness

among individuals.
 What is a community?
A community is a social unit (a group of living
things) with commonality such as
norms, religion, values, customs, or identity.
Communities may share a sense of place
situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a
country, village, town, or neighborhood) or in
virtual space through communication
platforms.
It is also a collection of people in a particular
territory. Society is another term for
community wherein people living in one
society developed a sense of belongingness
among individuals.
Community members can determine whether their deficiency
in areas that should be addressed in order to ensure that the
community continues to move forward in a positive direction
through these two elements.
1.Locality- a community is a territorial group. It occupies
some geographical area. Locality is the physical basis of
community. Living together facilitates people to develop
social contacts, give protection, safety, and security.
Further, the very physical conditions may influence social
life to a great extent.
2. Community Sentiment- it means the feeling of
belonging together. The members must be aware of
their staying together and sharing common interest.
The members develop a sense of “we-feeling”. It
means a kind of identification with the group.
Without the sense of identification, a sense of
awareness, a sense of living and sharing some
common interest in life, there cannot be any
community.
 It is important to know the relationship between studying
community dynamics and community action to be applied in
social sciences as to institutional perspective, anthropology,
and sociology.
Community dynamics these are the changes
in community structure and composition over time.
Sometimes these changes are induced by environmental
disturbances such as volcanoes, earthquakes, storms, fires,
and climate change. On the other hand, community action is
any activity that increases the understanding, engagement,
and empowerment of communities in the design and delivery
of local services. 
Community action includes a broad range of activities and is
sometimes described as 'social action' or
'community engagement'. For example, Naga Barter shop, tree
planting activities, mangrove planting and clean-up drive. The
most recent is following strictly the IATF protocols.

The institutional perspective seeks to mobilize diverse

social institutions including the market, community, and state to
promote people's welfare. It is inspired by an ideological position
that accommodates diverse beliefs and by social science theories
that harmonize different social development approaches. It is
composed of public sector and private sector that joined together
to make the community works.
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity,
concerned with human behavior, human biology, and
societies, in both the present and past, including past
human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of
behavior, while cultural anthropology studies cultural
meaning, including norms and values.
 Sociology is the study of groups and group interactions, societies,
and social interactions, from small and personal groups to very large
groups. A group of people who live in a defined geographic area,
who interact with one another, and who share a common culture is
what sociologists call a society. There various types of community
based on sociological perspective,
1. Rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes or other
buildings, and not very many people. A rural areas population
density is very low. There are fewer people, and their homes and
businesses are located far away from one another. An urban
area is the region surrounding a city. Most inhabitants of urban
areas have nonagricultural jobs. 
2. Urban areas are very developed, meaning there is a density of human structures such as houses,
commercial buildings, roads, bridges, and railways. "Urban area" can refer to towns, cities, and suburbs.
3. A slum is usually a highly populated urban residential area consisting mostly of closely packed, decrepit
housing units in a situation of deteriorated or incomplete infrastructure, inhabited primarily by impoverished
persons.
4. Subdivisions may be simple, involving only a single seller and buyer, or complex, involving large tracts
of land divided into many smaller parcels. If it is used for housing it is typically known as a
housing subdivision or housing development, although some developers tend to call these
areas communities.
5. Poor community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Poverty-
stricken people and families might go without proper housing, clean water, healthy food, and medical
attention.
6. The middle class is a description given to individuals and households who typically fall between the
working class and the upper class within a socio-economic hierarchy. Those in the middle class often are
employed as professionals, managers, and civil servants.
7. A rich community possesses an abundance of such possessions or resources
to the benefit of the common good is known as wealthy. The United
Nations definition of inclusive wealth is a monetary measure which includes the
sum of natural, human, and physical assets.
8.  Industrial society is a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass
production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour.
They are often contrasted with traditional societies.
9. An agrarian society, or agricultural society, is any community whose economy
is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland. They have been the
most common form of socio-economic organization for most of recorded human
history.