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The document discusses the concept of community, defining it as a group of people interacting based on shared interests, needs, or geographical location. It outlines various perspectives on community, including social science, institutional, civil society, and grassroots views, while emphasizing the importance of understanding, engagement, and empowerment within communities. Additionally, it categorizes communities into different types such as non-geographical, geographical, micro-level, macro-level, and highlights various community sectors.

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The document discusses the concept of community, defining it as a group of people interacting based on shared interests, needs, or geographical location. It outlines various perspectives on community, including social science, institutional, civil society, and grassroots views, while emphasizing the importance of understanding, engagement, and empowerment within communities. Additionally, it categorizes communities into different types such as non-geographical, geographical, micro-level, macro-level, and highlights various community sectors.

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Community—The word community was • Socialization -the interaction taking place

derived from the Latin word communis, in the community.


which means "common" or 'shared".
Social Science Perspective: Views
Community Action -any activity that aims to community as a group of people interacting
increase the understanding, engagement, and with one another, being sensitive to each
empowerment of communities to give other’s emotions, interests, and subjective
services to people. viewpoints.
Community Dynamics -the changes in the Institutional Perspective: Considers
community brought about by social, cultural, community in three dimensions:
and environmental experiences whether it is
1. Physical Space: An establishment or
positive or negative development that
location (e.g., companies, hospitals, schools)
impacts within the community.
where community members gather for a
Empowerment -enables the people to purpose.
independently decide, plan out, and take
2. Social Model: A network or institution
action to control the situation they have in
(e.g., schools, churches, companies) where
the community.
groups form to meet their needs.
Non-geographical Community -It is a
CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE - The
community formed based on needs, ideas,
civil society perspective stresses the idea of
interests, identity, practices, and roles in
forming a group, foundation, or organization
social institutions.
in service to society.
Geographical Community - is a community
LOCAL AND GRASSROOTS
where members share the same geographical
PERSPECTIVE -This perspective highlights
vicinity such as a village, province, or
volunteerism. Members of different
neighborhood.
communities may involve themselves in
Micro-level community -A community various programs or activities. Definitely
wherein a group is formed based on personal uses self-organization and encourages the
ties. local citizens to contribute to the community
by taking responsibility and actions.
Social Capital- Social capital is a positive
product of human interaction. The network 1. INFORMAL COMMUNITY - This group
of relationships within a particular society, is composed of members who decided to
to function effectively. join the group to satisfy their social needs.
Macro-level community -large group 2. PRIVATE SOCIAL SPACE - These are
affiliation is formed such as national social spaces owned and regulated regularly.
communities international communities, and
3. RURAL COMMUNITY - The
virtual communities.
community where population density is
There are 3-key points in grasping the found to be low, meaning few people
definition more meaningful: populate the entire community, and they
tend to live far apart from each other.
• Understanding - raise awareness about
certain communal issues that need to be 4. RELIGION - The community sector
addressed. People develop the feeling of which includes places of worship and
involvement once they truly comprehend the organizations as part of the beliefs of the
situation within. people in the community.
• Engagement- once issues are assessed 5. AGRICULTURE - Community sector
properly and people in the community that includes dairy farmers, cheesemakers,
understand the needs, they work winemakers, food processors, and the likes.
collaboratively to act on it.
6. SOCIAL SPACE - A physical or virtual
• Empowerment -enable the people to space which members of the community
independently decide, plan out, and take visit or where they stay.
action to control the situation they have in
the community.
7. COMMUNITY SECTORS - Various
groups or subdivisions of the larger
community divided based on characteristics
such as political, economic, cultural, and
religious beliefs.
8. URBAN COMMUNITY - Described as
industrialized and commercial centers where
population density is relatively high.
9. GLOBAL COMMUNITY - Characterized
by integration and interaction between
individuals and groups away from each
other in time or space or both.
10. FORMAL COMMUNITY -
Characterized by institutionally structured
hierarchies, which define the relationship
between authoritative and subordinate actors
and groups.

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