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Seven Theories For Seven Community Developers: Valentina Dwi Hartati Tambunan

The document outlines seven theories that can be used for community development: social capital theory, structural functionalism theory, power and conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, communication for change and communicative action theory, rational choice theory, and Giddens' structuration theory. Each theory is briefly described in one to three sentences explaining its key aspects and how it can help understand community dynamics and guide community development efforts.

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Seven Theories For Seven Community Developers: Valentina Dwi Hartati Tambunan

The document outlines seven theories that can be used for community development: social capital theory, structural functionalism theory, power and conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, communication for change and communicative action theory, rational choice theory, and Giddens' structuration theory. Each theory is briefly described in one to three sentences explaining its key aspects and how it can help understand community dynamics and guide community development efforts.

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SEVEN THEORIES

FOR SEVEN
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPERS
Valentina Dwi Hartati Tambunan
RATIONSHIP AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
THEORY
 Social Capital is a set of resources intrinsic to social
relation and include trust, norms, and networks.
 Correlated with confidence in public institution, civil
engagement, self-reliant economic development, and
community well-being and happiness
 Bonding Social Capital is within the group or community
 Bridging Social Capital is between social group, social class,
race, or other important sociodemographic or socioeconomic
characteristic.
Bonding
Social
Capital

Quality
of Life
Bridging
Social
Capital
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALISM THEORY
• Structure is known as structural functionalism.
• Also called system theory, equilibrium theory, or simply
functionalism. Refer to organization or institutions.
• Function refer to the their purpose, mission, and what they do in
society.
• structural functionalism helps to understand how the status quo
is maintained.
• It helps the community to analyze which organization are
committed to training, nurturing, and what their latent or hidden
function might be.
• Helps to build links with boarder social system, such as external
organization
POWER AND CONFLICT THEORY

• Power is control or access to resources (land, labor, capital


and knowledge).
• Conflict theory is an essential tool for capacity building
• Conflict theory can be used to help people resolve their
differences.
• Helps communities to understand the kind and extent
competing interests among groups.
SHARED MEANING AND SYMBOLIC
INTERACTIONISM

• Symbolic Interactionism it emphasizes the symbolic nature of


human interaction rather than a mechanical pattern of stimulus
and interaction
• Provides insight to the way people develop a sense of shared.
• Symbolic interactionist contend that people interpret the world
through symbols but stand back and think of themselves as object.
• Always consider the concept of power
• Help the community to make strong solidarity toward new engage
group
• Interested in the circumstance in which people question,
challenge, critize or reconstruct meaning.
COMMUNITION FOR CHANGE AND COMMUNICATIVE
ACTION THEORY

• “In sociology communicative action is cooperative action undertaken


by individuals based upon mutual deliberation and argumentation”-
Jürgen Habermas
• Haberma’s theory of communicative action is that it builds a linkage
between the rational system and the lifeworld.
• Communication should be unfiltered and inclusive with the use of
public representative
• Communicative action theory can be enacted within community by
having community members take an active role in the creation and
dissemination of information about a community organization
MOTIVATION FOR DECISION
MAKING AND RATIONAL
CHOICE THEORY

• Rational choice theory is an economic principle assumes that individuals always make prudent and
logical decision that provide them with the highest amount of personal utility.
• Rational choice theory is concerned with finding appropriate rewards and minimizing risks to individuals
who become involved in community initiatives.
• Rational choice theory can be implemented by technicians, the cooperate sector, and bureaucracies,
that can overwhelm and silence sitizens
GIDDEN’S STRUCTURATION THEORY

• Giddens' theory of structuration argues that human behavior is neither


totally haphazard nor totally structured.
• Different behavior has different problems and different way to solve it
• Helps to developing a project or plan of action
• The limitation is difficult and it involves constant movement among the
level modalities, societal institution, and the action of individuals.
Thank You

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