The Community As A Social Entity

1
The Community As A Social Entity

• A Look At Roland Warrens Community Model

2
5 Major Function of Communities

• The 5 central services (or functions) communities
  need to provide
• 1. Production/distribution/consumption
• 2. Socialization
• 3. Social Control
• 4. Social Participation
• 5. Mutual Support

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Production/Distribution/ Consumption

• The local provision of the p/d/c of goods and
  services which are part of daily life
• What are examples of those goods and services?
• What social institutions provide this?

4
Socialization

• What mechanisms (or social units/institutions)
  exist in the community to transmit
• Knowledge
• social values
• Behavior patterns
• All across the life span
• What social institutions do this?

5
Social Control

• The process of influencing group members to
  conformity with community norms
• What social institutions do this?

6
Social Participation

• Providing local access to social participation
• Opportunities for gainful employment
• Opportunities to meet/associate with other
  community members
• Opportunities for interaction around the
  significant activities of growth, change, and
  maintenance
• Which institutions do this?

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Mutual Support

• Support of one another at the local level
• Care in time of sickness
• Exchange of labor
• Helping others
• What is available that foster this between and
  among community members?