Community Matters

Community Matters
Title Community Matters PDF eBook
Author Margot Kempers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 220
Release 2001
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780830415687

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Community Matters is unique in its use of a contextualized, interactionist approach to analyze the nature and extent of community. Its theoretical discussion of community as process is expanded through the inclusion of arguments raised in political science and philosophy, and is balanced by descriptive analyses of a diverse selection of communities. This book helps bridge the divide between works of academic argument concerning civil society and community life and books explicitly focused on presenting practical information on what is and is not effective in community work. Community Matters shifts attention away from a conceptualization of community as a fixed evolutionary stage identified with specific types of settings, and instead provides numerous illustrations of the dynamic quality of social ties and community life. This book convinces readers that they can and should study community and community matters. A Burnham Publishers book

Remarkably Resilient

Remarkably Resilient
Title Remarkably Resilient PDF eBook
Author Kathleen McKune
Publisher
Pages
Release 2019-10-29
Genre
ISBN 9780578579696

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Community Matters

Community Matters
Title Community Matters PDF eBook
Author Mallika Bose
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2014
Genre ARCHITECTURE
ISBN 9780415723893

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Shows how and why engaged research and participatory learning methods should be adpoted in design and planning education

Community Matters in Xinjiang, 1880-1949

Community Matters in Xinjiang, 1880-1949
Title Community Matters in Xinjiang, 1880-1949 PDF eBook
Author Ildikó Bellér-Hann
Publisher BRILL
Pages 494
Release 2008
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9004166750

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Drawing on a wide range of historical sources presenting both emic and etic views, this book offers an insight into aspects of social life among the Uyghur in pre-socialist Xinjiang and substantiates the concept of tradition which modern Uyghurs draw upon to construct their ethnic identity.

Community Matters

Community Matters
Title Community Matters PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Gore
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 146
Release 2022-12-30
Genre Education
ISBN 1000814947

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Working towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system. Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People’s Aspirations for Higher Education offers a new lens on equity of access. The policy focus, nationally and globally, on widening participation for under-represented target groups too readily treats such groups as if they have a singular voice, a singular history, and a singular set of concerns. Drawing on the perspectives of Australian school students, their parents/carers, teachers, and a vast array of residents from seven diverse communities, this book uses the lens of ‘community’ to reframe inequitable access. It does so by recognising the complex social and cultural forces at play locally that shape how young people form and articulate their post-school futures. In light of unprecedented challenges facing the higher education sector, this book interrogates dominant understandings of ‘widening participation’ and ‘aspiration,’ and offers timely insights about the broader economic, social, and cultural backdrop of aspiration formation. It is a valuable resource for academics and students interested in the sociology of higher education and for practitioners working at the forefront of equity policy and practice.

Why Community Matters

Why Community Matters
Title Why Community Matters PDF eBook
Author Nicholas V. Longo
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 194
Release 2012-02-01
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0791479609

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Providing a new perspective on the undeniable relationship between education reform and democratic revitalization, Nicholas V. Longo uncovers and examines practical models in which communities play an essential role in teaching the art of democracy.

Community Matters

Community Matters
Title Community Matters PDF eBook
Author Verna V. Gehring
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages 111
Release 2005-08-11
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0742574458

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Civic matters affect all members of a community and are thus of potential concern to all. In Community Matters: Challenges to Civic Engagement in the 21st Century, six distinguished scholars address three perennial challenges of civic life: the making of a citizen, how citizens are to agree (and disagree), and how to define the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The thought-provoking essays in this volume discuss integral civic concerns such as: how can we improve civic education? How do we address controversy within our communities? What are the responsibilities of a citizen? Should the national draft be re-instated in the U.S? These essays will encourage students, academics, and interested citizens outside the academy to go farther and dig deeper into these vital issues.