DIFFERENT

PERSPECTIVES
IN THE
COMMUNITY
UNDERSTANDING THE
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF
COMMUNITY
 Community as a concept is not solid. A community has different parts and is therefore seen
from various viewpoints.
 The varying viewpoints come as a result of the distinct perspectives of the different academic
disciplines: influenced by their academic or sectoral orientation, philosophy, and values.
 SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES
 COMMUNITY BASED PERSPECTIVES
 ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
 SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES
 CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVES
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PERSPECTIVES
 A community is a congregation of people unified by at least one common characteristics.
 People can be unified by geography, shared interests, values, experiences or traditions.
 There is a common pattern of behavior
 The course of embracing the behavior patterns of the community is referred to as
socialization.
COMMUNITY BASED
PERSPECTIVES
 (LOCAL GRASSROOTS LEVELS)
 Community is seen as a setting for intervention, target for change, resource and agent from the
community based perspective (Merzel and D’Afflitti, 2003), (Mc Leroy, 2003)
a. Setting for intervention- mainly defined geographically
b. Target for change- denotes the goal of creating healthy environment.
c. Resource- a good material for promotion
d. Agent- focus on respecting and reinforcing the natural adaptive, supportive and
developmental capabilities of community.
ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
 A community is a congregation of species that occur together in time and space and have high
probability for interaction. Social ecology, as exemplified by Bronfenbrenner (1979)
SECTORAL PERSPECTIVE
 Communities are seen as a system which is comprised of individuals and sectors which
diverse characteristics and interrelations (Thompson, et. Al., 1990)
 Composed of groups of individuals embodying distinct roles and interests within the
community.

 Ex: religious, non government, government, private, business, etc.

 Promote people to live a better life.
 Sectors are working together and promoting for the common good.
CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVES
 Is generally defined as a wide array of nongovernmental organizations and volunteer groups
that are fighting solutions to social issues that continue worsen the condition of the
disadvantaged sectors of society, especially the poor.
 Is embedded in the community (Warwick and Votizwinker, 2014)
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