Community Groups In Context

Author : McCabe, Angus,Phillimore, Jenny
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447327813

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Community Groups in Context by McCabe, Angus,Phillimore, Jenny Pdf

In the past decade community groups have been portrayed as the solution to many social problems. Yet the role of ‘below the regulatory radar’ community action has received little research attention and thus is poorly understood in terms of both policy and practice. Focusing on self-organised community activity, this book offers the first collection of papers developing theoretical and empirically grounded knowledge of the informal, unregistered, yet largest, part of the voluntary sector. The collection includes work from leading academics, activists, policy makers and practitioners offering a new and coherent understanding of community action ‘below the radar’. The book is part of the Third Sector Research Series which is informed by research undertaken at the Third Sector Research Centre, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Barrow Cadbury Trust.

Author : Gerald L. Wilson,Michael S. Hanna
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015016303417

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Groups in Context by Gerald L. Wilson,Michael S. Hanna Pdf

Using an approach that blends theory and applications, the authors of this group communications text continue to emphasize the importance of evaluating group dynamics in their varied contexts. The importance of the ethical responsibilities of a group are emphasized, and the analysis of small group decision-making processes, both as a non-participant and as an active member of the group using the participant-analyst model and more formal instruments, is encouraged. There is also comprehensive coverage of conflict management, showing the sources, functional benefits, and means to control conflict (ch. 10). The use of real life examples of group communication throughout the text helps students easily transfer principles and concepts to their own situations. In the third edition, adopters will find expanded coverage of group culture and group norms, as well as listening as it relates to group success and leadership; up-to-date information on focus groups and teleconferencing; and expanded advice on conducting library research.

Author : Larry R. Frey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135672300

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Group Communication in Context by Larry R. Frey Pdf

The study of group communication has never been more critical, as recent national and international events point to the fragility of group life. An emerging perspective, the bona fide group perspective, offers hope for improving group communication, for it recognizes that any group--a family, community group, expedition team, social support group, organizational work group, interorganizational collaboration, or international team--must be studied and understood within the multiple contexts in which it is embedded and that significantly affects who is considered to be part of a group, what occurs within that group, and how that group interacts with other groups. In the second edition of his award-winning volume, editor Lawrence R. Frey showcases original research studies conducted on and about communication in bona fide groups, demonstrating the conceptual promise of the bona fide group perspective as realized in research practice. Divided into six sections, the chapters cover a wide range of new or relatively understudied groups--including youth community groups, Internet support groups, climbing expedition groups, families, neighborhoods, and school boards--and demonstrate the wealth of methodological approaches that can be used to study bona fide group communication--including survey methods, interviews, textual analysis, content analysis, participant observation, and discourse analysis. Group Communication in Context: Studies of Bona Fide Groups, Second Edition shows that the bona fide group perspective has the power to transform our thinking about groups and group communication and, in time, the practices in which groups and group members engage. The volume is intended for use in group communication courses, as well as a reference for group scholars. It is also appropriate for classes in psychology, social work, counseling, sociology, anthropology, and related disciplines.

Author : Adam Brown,Tim Crabbe,Gavin Mellor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317969044

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Football and Community in the Global Context by Adam Brown,Tim Crabbe,Gavin Mellor Pdf

Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of ‘community’. In recent years, however, the very term ‘community’ has become the focus of renewed interest within popular discourse and amongst academics, politicians and policy makers. It has become something of a ‘buzz’ word, wheeled out as both a lament to more certain times and as an appeal to a better future: a term imbued with all the richness associated with human interaction. ‘Community’ has also been employed increasingly within football, for instrumental reasons concerned with policy and stadium redevelopment, and in broader rhetoric about clubs, their localities and fans. This book brings together a range of key debates around contemporary understandings of ‘community’ in world football. Split into four sections, it considers political and theoretical debates around football and its connection with community; different national and ethnic football communities; instrumental uses of football to bridge gaps within and between groups; future directions in the football and community debate. This book was published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.

Author : Margaret Ann Neale,E. Mannix
Publisher : JAI Press Incorporated
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0762305118

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Groups in Context by Margaret Ann Neale,E. Mannix Pdf

Comprises the work of scholars who gathered in May, 1998, at a conference held at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Administration. This title includes articles that address particular macro aspects of team context and their influences on team process and effectiveness and ultimately their effectiveness as performing units.

Author : John Adamopoulos,Yoshihisa Kashima
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781452221205

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Social Psychology and Cultural Context by John Adamopoulos,Yoshihisa Kashima Pdf

"Individually and collectively, the pieces balance cross-cultural psychology′s interest in the large scale community with psychology′s traditional emphasis on small groups, interpersonal processes, and individual thought, feeling, and action. The chapters range in topic, in level of analysis, and in emphasis on theory and application, but they harmonize to map the field - identifying where it has been and how it might develop. The central theme is that culture and individual psychology are inseparable and that understanding both will lead to a more comprehensive understanding of human behavior than either perspective in isolation. The book delivers: It offers important insights on the commonalties, universality, and uniqueness of human behavior. The book is dedicated to Harry C. Triandis and is truly a tribute to his work." — John F. Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Colgate University "In this book, cross-cultural psychologists from around the world honor the discipline′s founding father, Harry C. Triandis. The book has become a perfect overview of the state of the art in cross-cultural psychology." — Geert Hofstede, Tilburg University, The Netherlands "The past 10 years or so have seen a sharp increase in the number of college and university courses throughout the world that focus on culture as a powerful force that shapes the thought and behavior of all humans. It would be most difficult to organize and teach one of these courses without mentioning Triandis′s influence numerous times. I am extremely pleased that this book has been added to the cross-cultural literature." — from the Foreword by Walter J. Lonner, Western Washington State University This book celebrates Harry Triandis′s overall contribution to culture and social psychology in general, and his most original and significant contribution to this area, the concept of subjective culture. In this volume, top cross-cultural researchers who are deeply familiar with Triandis′s work critically examine the concept of subjective culture from a number of perspectives and extend it in many new directions of basic and applied social psychology. The result is an up-to-date examination of various topics and areas of social psychology from the unique perspective of subjective culture. One significant feature of this book is an attempt at framing and situating the concept of subjective culture within the current theoretical discourse on culture and psychology. Social Psychology and Cultural Context is the first survey of social psychology to integrate cross-cultural issues. This book not only utilizes several variants of the construct of subjective culture but also reflects the current state of affairs in the social domain of cross-cultural psychology. Written by world-renowned specialists, the chapters reflect valuable insights to students and researchers in both cross-cultural and social psychology.

Author : David A. Lamb
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567129666

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Text, Context and the Johannine Community by David A. Lamb Pdf

Text, Context and the Johannine Community adopts a new approach to the social context of the Johannine writings by drawing on modern sociolinguistic theory. Sociolinguistics emphasizes language as a social phenomenon, which can be analysed with reference not only to its broad context of culture, but also, through the use of register analysis, to its narrower context of situation. The Johannine writings have increasingly been seen as the product of a distinct Johannine Community, depicted by some scholars as a sectarian group, opposed both to wider Jewish society and to other Christian groups. This model has largely been constructed on historical-critical grounds, yet given our lack of reliable external information about the origin of the Johannine writings, a more fruitful approach may be to examine their lexico-grammatical and discourse features to determine what these imply about interpersonal relationships. This study compares selected 'narrative asides' from the Gospel of John with a passage section from 1 John and with the two shorter Johannine Epistles. It concludes that register analysis of these texts does not support the idea of a close-knit sectarian group.

Author : Lester Parrott,Noreen Maguinness
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526414878

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Social Work in Context by Lester Parrott,Noreen Maguinness Pdf

This book examines key sociological theories that have contributed to the understanding of the nature of social work, its organisation and delivery. It provides key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the social and political context within which they will be working. Taking a practical approach to social work, and focusing on the application of theory, the book also provides insightful discussions to important thinkers such as Douglas, Beck and Furedi, and how their ideas have direct relevance for understanding the risk averse nature of social work.

Author : Fumiko Noguchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811694646

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Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development in a Local Community Context by Fumiko Noguchi Pdf

This book bridges the gap between Education for Sustainable Development and community development and examines the contributions of critical environmental education as a theoretical framework to the policy, research, and practice of Education for Sustainable Development. The book investigates what Education for Sustainable Development really means when it happens from the perspectives of a marginalized individual at the very bottom of society in a local community, where there is no such ‘educational’ institution, no policy or no curriculum to support the effort, but there is the necessity of learning and empowerment for changing the situation. In particular, drawing on the experience of the indigenous Ainu fisherman, it critically examines the theoretical foundation of Education for Sustainable Development, critical environmental education, investigating methodologically and epistemologically the relevance and efficacy of critical environmental education to socially critical approaches to Education for Sustainable Development in a community development context. And this investigation leads to develop a praxis framework for socially critical Education for Sustainable Development in a community development context so that both fields would be mutually supportive to strengthen the practices.

Author : Sabrina Cipolletta,Noa Vilchinsky,Val Morrison
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889664658

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Caregiving and Social Support in the Context of Health and Illness by Sabrina Cipolletta,Noa Vilchinsky,Val Morrison Pdf

Author : Paul David Numrich
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047443537

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North American Buddhists in Social Context by Paul David Numrich Pdf

The first multi-author collection of social scientific scholarship on North American Buddhists, this volume examines the current state of research and key aspects of Buddhist life and experience in social context. Case studies feature Southeast Asian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, meditation-oriented, and socially engaged Buddhists.

Author : Michael G. Clyne,Sandra Kipp
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110165775

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Pluricentric Languages in an Immigrant Context by Michael G. Clyne,Sandra Kipp Pdf

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Author : Tiia Tulviste,Deborah L. Best,Judith L. Gibbons
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030270339

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Children’s Social Worlds in Cultural Context by Tiia Tulviste,Deborah L. Best,Judith L. Gibbons Pdf

This book addresses cultural variability in children’s social worlds, examining the acquisition, development, and use of culturally relevant social competencies valued in diverse cultural contexts. It discusses the different aspects of preschoolers’ social competencies that allow children – including adopted, immigrant, or at-risk children – to create and maintain relationships, communicate, and to get along with other people at home, in daycare or school, and other situations. Chapters explore how children’s social competencies reflect the features of the social worlds in which they live and grow. In addition, chapters examine the extent that different cultural value orientations manifest in children’s social functioning and escribes how parents in autonomy-oriented cultures tend to value different social skills than parents with relatedness or autonomous-relatedness orientations. The book concludes with recommendations for future research directions. Topics featured in this book include: Gender development in young children. Peer interactions and relationships during the preschool years. Sibling interactions in western and non-western cultural groups. The roles of grandparents in child development. Socialization and development in refugee children. Child development within institutional care. Children’s Social Worlds in Cultural Context is a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians/practitioners, and graduate students in developmental psychology, child and school psychology, social work, cultural anthropology, family studies, and education.

Author : Manoj Kumar Tiwary,Sanjay Kumar,Arvind Kumar Mishra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000874549

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The Social Context of Learning in India by Manoj Kumar Tiwary,Sanjay Kumar,Arvind Kumar Mishra Pdf

Why are children from disadvantaged and minority communities overrepresented among academic underachievers, poor learners, and school dropouts? This volume engages with this question and examines classroom learning as a process that involves a multitude of actors situated in specific social, cultural, and historical contexts. The volume covers an interdisciplinary spectrum of educational processes, contexts, educational ambitions, and limitations of low-caste, working-class, and middle-class students from different Indian communities and regions. The volume delves into the problem of academic underperformance from a social identity perspective and probes into social context-based variability in classroom learning, systemic disadvantages in the form of negative stereotypes, and the family as an under-studied social group in all discussions of schooling. It also examines the teachers’ perceptions and attitudes towards Adivasi students and other minority groups in primary schools and their effect on children’s classroom engagement. The chapters in this volume provide insights into unresolved and critical research questions that require the attention of teachers, school management, educators, and policymakers alike. This book will also be useful for academicians, policymakers, teacher educators, pedagogic practitioners in India and abroad, and state and central government institutions working on school education, educational psychology, policymaking in education, learning methods, and research on educational enhancement.

Author : Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater,Elizabeth M. Banister,E. Anne Marshall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442641792

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Knowledge Translation in Context by Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater,Elizabeth M. Banister,E. Anne Marshall Pdf

Knowledge Translation in Context is an essential tool for researchers to learn how to be effective partners in the KT process to ensure that diverse communities benefit from academic research results through improved social and health outcomes.