CESC 12 FEBUARY 2024
TYPOLOGIES
OF
COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POWER STRUCTURED IN A
COMMUNITY.
Formal Communities are characterized by institutionally structured hierarchies, which
define the relationship between authoritative and subordinate actors and groups.
Communities that are typified through these features are driven by institutions, which
not only show the location of power relationships, but also assign community members
their specific roles and functions.
Interrelationships within the community are defined and delineated by these assigned
functions.
Formal Communities
FORMAL-INFORMAL TYPOLOGY
Theses emphasizes leadership and power relations in the community.
Informal communities are said to be generally less rigid compared
to formal communities.
These are seen to typically operate through socio-cultural
mechanisms within the community structure. Interrelationships thrive
through loose connections, such as social networks and personal
Informal Communities relationships.
Local Communities is a group of
individual interacting within a shared
Local Communities
environmemt
Local-Global Typology
Focuses on the scope and breadth of communities with respect to its geographic dimensions and the reach of its other dimensions
Global Communities stretches beyond the frontiers of a local community
transcending national, supranational, and regional demarcations.
These are not constrained by geographic boundaries and these consists of
individuals and groups who share values, beliefs, preferences, needs, risks,
interests, identities, and other authorities beyond physical, cultural and
politico-geographic borders Global Communities
Rural Communities are characterized as
pastoral, agricultural and located are along the
periphery of urban centers or in the
countryside Rural Communities
Rural-Urban Typology
These are based on the distinction in terms of development, industrialization, ecological conditions and lifestyle
Urban Communities are described as industrialized and
commercial centers where population density is relatively high
compared to rural communities
These are also sketched as technological, modern, and
Urban Communities cosmopolitan
COMMUNITY -BASED
ORGANIZATION
Community-based organizations act within the
confines of a set of institutional arrangements.
These organizations do not necessarily
operate within a locale but may also extend
beyond national borders and project its
presence in regional, international, and global
bodies.
Their transnational character allows them to
network with organizations beyond the
domestic realm.
1. PRODUCTION-
DISTRIBUTION- 2. SOCIALIZATION 3. SOCIAL CONTROL
CONSUPTION
Communities provide its Communities have processes
that shape social behavior by
Mechanisms within
members livelihood communities, such as
instilling to its members
through the use of its
norms, values, knowledge, social pressure or
resources (e.g. land,
skills, and attitudes. This is formal institutions,
industry, services) and done through mechanisms of
the system of exchange
regulate the conduct
transference, such as child
embedded therein such and behavior of
rearing, education, traditions,
as trade and commerce. and practices. community members.
FUNCTIONS OF A COMMUNITY
4. SOCIAL PARTICIPATION 5. MUTUAL SUPPORT
Communities thrive through the Communities offers its
association and involvement of its
members. These are exemplified
members intense care
in the groups and organizations and is encouraged to
within communities such as take part in projects for
religious associations, businesses,
the community
and neighborhoods
FUNCTIONS OF A COMMUNITY
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