ISBN:
9789400716339
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law
DDC:
307
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Sociology
;
Consciousness
;
Applied psychology
;
Soziales Netzwerk
;
Gemeinschaft
Abstract:
Many of our current social problems have been attributed to the breakdown or loss of community as a place and to the fragmentation of connections due to an extreme value of individualism in the Western world, particularly in the United States. Not all scholars and researchers agree that individualism and technology are the primary culprits in the loss of community as it existed in the middle decade of the 20th century. Nonetheless, people exist in groups, and connections are vital to their existence and in the daily performance of activities. The second edition of the Sociology of Community Co
Description / Table of Contents:
The Sociology of Community Connections Second Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables/Box; Chapter 1: Social Connections; Chapter 2: Conceptions of Community: Past and Present; Chapter 3: Common Ties: Immigrant, Refugee, and Ethnic Communities; Chapter 4: Mobile Communities: The Tentative Ties of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers; Chapter 5: Fragmented Ties: The Poor and the Homeless; Chapter 6: Communities in Crisis: Reconnecting Frayed Social Ties; Chapter 7: Communities of Exclusion and Excluded Communities: Barriers to Neighboring
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8: Connecting Seniors: Social Networks of ValueChapter 9: Connections of Faith: Religion as Community; Chapter 10: Vital Bonds: Social Support, Social Networks, and Health; Chapter 11: The Social Internet: Cybercommunities; Chapter 12: Virtual Connections in New Work Environments; Chapter 13: Ecologically Sustainable Communities: Place-Based and Purpose-Based Connections; Chapter 14: Solitary Communities: Disconnecting from the Common Good; References; Index;
Note:
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1633-9
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