COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, level, national communities, international

SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP communities, and virtual communities.

COMMUNITY is similar to other living
organisms; it comprises of different parts
SOCIALIZATION - becoming involve in which has different responsibilities and
the day-to-day process. functions to work within specific limits to
COMMUNITY - derived from the Latin meet community needs.
word communis, which means “common” or A. Social Sciences Perspectives
“shared”.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
COMMUNITY ACTION - any activity PERSPECTIVE- Anthropology is
that aims to increase the understanding, the study of people. It focuses on the
engagement and empowerment of understanding of human diversity.
communities for the intention of giving SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
services to people. - enables us to accept who we are
Understanding – raise an awareness through the understanding that we
about certain communal issues that behave the way we do because we
needs to be addressed. happen to live in a specific space and
Engagement – Once issues are time. It enables us to see society as a
assessed properly and people in the temporary social product, created by
community understand the needs, human beings and capable of being
they work collaboratively to act on changed by them as well.
it. POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE -
Empowerment – enable the people practice of politics which is
to independently decide, plan-out commonly thought of as determining
and take action to control the of the distribution of power and
situation they have in the resources.
community. This means, initiative
and decisions come from internal
group organized for the benefit of B. Institutional Perspective
everyone.
FAMILY INSTITUTIONS - The
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS - The family is the basic unit of the
changes in the community brought about by society. It is the major social
social, cultural and environmental institution and
experiences whether it is positive or a center of much of person’s
negative development social activity.
GOVERNMENT
EMPOWERMENT – enable the people to INSTITUTIONS - The
independently decide, plan out and take government as institution gives
action to control the situation they have in its citizens with freedom and
the community. rights in the community. It is
NON-GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY through government that peace
- community formed based on needs, ideas, and balance is achieved.
interests, identity, practices, and roles in ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS -
social institutions. cater to the survival needs of
community, every society and
GEOGRAPHICAL COMMUNITY - community develops ways of
community where members share the same coping with everyday situations
geographical vicinity such as a village, of life.
province or neighborhood. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS -
MICRO-LEVEL COMMUNITY - Religion has the big contribution
community wherein a group is formed based in advancing civilizations,
on personal ties. building morality and has been
the reason for the downfall of
SOCIAL CAPITAL - positive product of many
human interaction. The network of EDUCATIONAL
relationships within particular society, to INSTITUTIONS-Education is
function effectively very significant in every human
being for him to live and function
MACRO-LEVEL COMMUNITY - large
well in the community
group affiliation is formed such as macro-
C. Civil Society n some combination of these characteristics
can foster the respect and loyalty of others
PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION OR
NON-GOVERNMENT e. Legitimate power is the position (office,
ORGANIZATION (NGO) title) of the leader in an institution or
Non-government organizations are community.
independent units and are legally
established organization. Some of f. Expertise is the mastery of knowledge,
the examples are Philippine Red skill, and talent, combined with respect for
Cross, Bantay Bata 163, Inc. the skill.
HARIBON Foundation, and Habitat g. Information refers to the ability to keep
for Humanity Philippines or share information.
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS - can be
found in our local community. Some h. Coercion is the attempt to influence
of the examples are the senior others using force or manipulation.
citizens, fraternal societies LEADERSHIP - It undergoes a process of
(Masonry, Eagle’s Club, Rotary club influencing the people around you. It is
and etc.), and rescue groups. when a certain person gains the confidence,
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS - are trust, and support of others in achieving a
formed to bring awareness to the certain goal.
people and government of their
ideologies. a. Transformational Leadership is
typically a leader who inspires staff
through effective communication.
Structures of Communities This means that the leader has a
great impact on the life of his
SOCIAL STRUCTURE pertains to followers.
the interrelations of behaviors, roles, b. Transactional Leadership is a
and statuses which constitute a stable leadership style when leaders offer
network of social interactions and an exchange; they reward good
relations (Delos Santos, 2017) performances, while punishing bad
POLITICAL STRUCTURE is practice.
defined not just a by the government, c. Servant Leadership prefers power-
but also by groups, other institutions, sharing models of authority,
pressure groups, social movements, prioritizing the needs of their team
and people as parts of the political and encouraging collective decision-
landscape making.
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE is a d. Autocratic Leadership has
term that describes the system of significant control over staff and
production, distribution and rarely considers worker suggestions
consumption in a community. or share power
e. Laissez-faire leadership is
characterized by their hands off
COMMUNITY POWER approach, allowing employees to get
on with tasks as they see fit.
POWER in a community is the ability to f. Democratic leadership is also
affect the decision-making process and the known as participative leadership.
use of resources, both public and private, This means that leaders often ask for
within a community input from team members before
a. Connections refer to the ability to build making a final decision
helpful relationships with other influential g. Bureaucratic leadership is often
individuals, families and organizations implemented in highly regulated or
within a community. administrative environments, where
adherence to the rules and a defined
b. Power in number is the support of the hierarchy is important.
people in a community. h. Charismatic leadership depends
c. Rewards refer to the ability to give greatly on the charm and personality
money, recognition, or gifts. of the leader.
i. Situational leadership makes use of
d. Personal traits is an individual’s different leadership styles depending
creativity, charm, leadership abilities or on the situation he/she faces