Sociology Of Community

Author : John G. Bruhn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400716339

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The Sociology of Community Connections by John G. Bruhn Pdf

Many of our current social problems have been attributed to the breakdown or loss of community as a place and to the fragmentation of connections due to an extreme value of individualism in the Western world, particularly in the United States. Not all scholars and researchers agree that individualism and technology are the primary culprits in the loss of community as it existed in the middle decade of the 20th century. Nonetheless, people exist in groups, and connections are vital to their existence and in the daily performance of activities. The second edition of the Sociology of Community Connections will identify and help students understand community connectedness in the present and future.

Author : Colin Bell,Howard Newby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036025356

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Community Studies by Colin Bell,Howard Newby Pdf

Author : Colin Bell,Howard Newby
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Communities
ISBN : 9780714629704

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The Sociology of Community by Colin Bell,Howard Newby Pdf

Author : John G. Bruhn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306486173

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The Sociology of Community Connections by John G. Bruhn Pdf

This book discusses the rationale for community, the varieties of communities, the effect of social change on communities and many other factors, tying the concept to the various levels of human interaction, from the global to the individual.

Author : Jan Marie Fritz,Jacques Rhéaume
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781493909988

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Community Intervention by Jan Marie Fritz,Jacques Rhéaume Pdf

Community Intervention: Clinical Sociology Perspectives showcases important efforts to improve the quality of life in communities around the world. The book, a project of the clinical sociology division of the International Sociological Association, describes the interdisciplinary field of clinical sociology in relation to community improvement. The first part of the book covers important concepts and tools for community intervention and identifies a variety of approaches to community research with an emphasis on research that centrally involves community members. The chapters in the second part of the volume focus on projects in a broad range of countries, covering topics such as involving residents in urban renewal projects, developing healthy communities, encouraging socioeconomic development, improving the life of immigrants, helping communities deal with climate change, establishing human rights cities, encouraging empowerment and creating an inclusive community. A unique feature of the book is the inclusion of profiles about some of the outstanding work in community intervention over the last 100 years. These profiles are of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams; community activist Saul Alinsky; human rights and environmental activist Wangari Maathai and participatory action research pioneer Orlando Fals Borda. Written by scholar-practitioners as well as analysts, the book provides essential commentary regarding community intervention efforts.

Author : Phyllis Ann Langton,Dianne Anderson Kammerer
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UCSC:32106017504280

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Practicing Sociology in the Community by Phyllis Ann Langton,Dianne Anderson Kammerer Pdf

To be used as a supplemental text for introductory courses in sociology and/or social problems or as support text for students enrolled in a community-based or internship program. Designed to help inform and guide students who are engaged in community based learning programs, this supplemental text strives to teach students how to effectively and compassionately practice sociology in the community. Organized to facilitate students' abilities to connect classroom learning with fieldwork in the community, this guide prompts students to reflect upon their community experiences and discover what those experiences signify to them personally and to the development of sociological knowledge.

Author : Colin Bell,Howard Newby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000463859

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Community Studies by Colin Bell,Howard Newby Pdf

Originally published in 1971, this was the first text on community studies which analysed the major empirical work in this field in a comparative perspective. It is concerned both with the sociology of community and the sociology of community studies. It takes both the findings of individual studies and the research process itself as significant sociological data in their own right, and it asks continually: how do we know what we know about communities? Community Studies is, then, not only a contribution to that particular field but also to our understanding of the interaction between theory and method in sociology. Studies are analysed from North and Latin America, Britain and Western Europe, and India. Two central problems, stratification and power, are considered at greater length. This book would prove to be an invaluable introduction not only for students of sociology but also for architects, planners and all those who had an interest in the community at the time. Its authors were, and had been, actively engaged in field research in this area.

Author : Graham Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134327362

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Community and Everyday Life by Graham Day Pdf

'Community' continues to be a persistent theme in political, philosophical and policy debates. The idea of community poses fundamental questions about social inclusion and exclusion, particular versus general interests, identity and belonging. As well as extensive theoretical literature in the social sciences, there is a rich body of social research aimed at exploring the nature of community, and evaluating its contribution to people's lives and well-being. Drawing on a wealth of international empirical examples and illustrations, this book reviews debates surrounding the idea of community. It examines changing patterns of community life and evaluates their importance for society and for individuals. As well as urban, rural and class-based communities, it explores other contemporary forms of community, such as social movements, communes and 'virtual' gatherings in cyberspace. Truly multidisciplinary, this book will be of interest to students of sociology, geography, political science and social policy and welfare. Grounded in a wide-ranging review of empirical research, it provides an overview of sociological debates surrounding the idea of community and relating them to the part community plays in people's everyday conceptions of identity.

Author : Gillian Anderson,Joseph G. Moore,Laura Suski
Publisher : Canadian Scholars
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551309392

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Sociology of Home by Gillian Anderson,Joseph G. Moore,Laura Suski Pdf

This collection explores sociological analyses of home in Canada, drawing upon studies of family, urban and rural communities, migration and immigration, and other areas to discuss the idea of “home.” This volume, organized across three parts, moves from the micro-level of personal homemaking, to the meso-level of neighbourhood community, to the macro-level of political ecology. The contributors, both new and established scholars, draw upon a plurality of standpoints, including gendered, class-based, racialized, and Indigenous voices. It is the first Canadian collection of readings on the sociology of home.

Author : Chris Marquis,Michael Lounsbury,Royston Greenwood
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780522845

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Communities and Organizations by Chris Marquis,Michael Lounsbury,Royston Greenwood Pdf

Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities.

Author : Robert M. MacIver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429639500

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Community, A Sociological Study by Robert M. MacIver Pdf

First published in 1917, this work seeks to be an introduction to the concept of community, the term which best expresses the object which social science as such endeavours to study; it is in community, the common life, that the interests represented by the specific social sciences are bound together, made integral, and thus amenable to a more comprehensive science. Community, A Sociological Study, includes an examination on the false perspectives of community, the elements of community, the structure of community and institutions.

Author : Larry Lyon,Robyn Driskell
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478609414

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The Community in Urban Society by Larry Lyon,Robyn Driskell Pdf

The community is more than an abstract object of theoretical inquiry. It is also a place where people live. It is difficult to determine where community research and theory merge, because the community is a unique place where theory and the real world come together. Local conditions change and new research techniques emerge. In the second edition of The Community in Urban Society, the authors solve this problem by distilling the historic and foundational theories of community, applying traditional approaches (typology, ecology, systems theory, and conflict theory) to current conditions, and exploring new and relevant theories that impact todays communities. The latest edition also examines recent and emerging technologies that facilitate examination and evaluation of the modern community condition. Updated coverage includes topics such as New Urbanism, modern network analysis methods, the urban political economy approach to community, the growth machine approach, GIS mapping, recent holistic studies, cyberspace communities, and up-to-date discussions of community indicator studies, quality of life, community power, and regime politics.

Author : Philip Nyden,Leslie Hossfeld,Gwendolyn Nyden
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412982634

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Public Sociology by Philip Nyden,Leslie Hossfeld,Gwendolyn Nyden Pdf

This book highlights the variety of ways in which sociology brings about social change in community settings, assists nonprofit and social service organizations in their work, and influences policy at the local, regional, and national levels. It also spotlights sociology that informs the general public on key policy issues through media and creates research centers that develop and carry out collaborative research. The book details a broad range of sociology projects. The 33 case studies are divided into 8 sections. Each section also includes sidebars of include non-sociologists writing about the impact of selected research projects. In some cases these are interdisciplinary projects since solutions to social problems are often multifaceted and do not fit into the disciplines as defined by universities. Further, it emphasizes actions and connections. This is not armchair sociology where self-proclaimed public sociologists just write articles suggesting what government, corporations, communities, or others "ought to do." The authors are interested in the active connections to publics and users of the research, not the passive research process.

Author : J. Holmwood,J. Scott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137318862

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The Palgrave Handbook of Sociology in Britain by J. Holmwood,J. Scott Pdf

Leading sociologists outline the historical development of the discipline in Britain and document its continuing influence in this essential and comprehensive reference work. Spanning the Scottish enlightenment of the 18th century to the present day this Handbook maps the discipline and the British contribution.

Author : Robert Morrison MacIver
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Communities
ISBN : 9780714615813

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Community: a Sociological Study by Robert Morrison MacIver Pdf

First Published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.