RS 1000

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RS 1000

• Class Business
• Blue books for Friday
• Research on your community

• Topics of Discussion
• Legacy
• IDEAL TYPES OF COMMUNITY
• Gemeinschaft (Close knit community)
• Gesellschaft (Mass society)

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Socialization

• According to the video what is legacy?
• The social and economic factors that contribute
  to what one generation passes on to the next.

• Socialization
• A process by which people develop their human
  capacities and acquire a unique personality and
  identity and by which culture is passed from
  generation to generation.

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• 2. According to Stuart McGehee what is one of the
  remarkable and lasting legacies of mining
  heritage in West Virginia?
• Fierce sense of independence because of the
  remoteness and isolation of mining communities
  and the nature of mining work (independent
  operators).

• 3. According to the video what are three legacies
  passed down from mining parents to their
  children?
• Willingness to work hard
• Pride in work
• Respect for the work of others

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Some basic information about your community

• Population and population density
• Proximity to a central place
• Economic base(s) and socioeconomic factors
• Culture (Values, Beliefs, Norms)

• U.S. Census Bureau
• Missouri Census Data Center
• Other resources on the Internet

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Tonnies

• Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) was appalled by the
  rise of an industrial city in his native Germany
  during the late 1800s. In his view, this city
  marked a dramatic change from the ideal type of
  a close-knit community, which Tonnies termed
  Gemeinschaft, to that of an impersonal mass
  society known as Gesellschaft.

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Comparison of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

• Gesellschaft
• 1. Urban life typifies this form
• 2. People perceive little sense of commonality.
  Their differences in background appear more
  striking than their similarities
• 3. Social interactions, including negotiations,
  are more likely to be task-specific

• Gemeinschaft
• 1. Rural life typifies this form
• 2. People share a feeling of community that
  results from their similar backgrounds and life
  experiences (high degree of shared significant
  symbols-a word, gesture, or other learned sign
  used to convey a meaning from one person to
  another. )
• 3. Social Interactions, including negotiations
  are intimate and familiar (often with members of
  primary groups-characterized by face-to-face
  contact and strong ties among members.)

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• Gesellschaft
• 4. Self interest dominates
• 5. The task being performed is paramount
  relationships are subordinate
• 6. Privacy is valued
• 7. Formal social control is evident

• Gemeinschaft
• 4. There is a spirit of cooperation and unity of
  will
• 5. Tasks and personal relationships cannot be
  separated
• 6. There is little emphasis on individual privacy
• 7. Informal social control predominates

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• Gemeinschaft
• 8. There is less tolerance of deviance
• 9. Emphasis is on ascribed statuses
• 10. Social change is relatively limited

• Gesellschaft
• 8. There is greater tolerance of deviance
• 9. There is more emphasis on achieved statuses
• 10. Social change is very evident-even within a
  generation