Community Organization/Community Development
In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 58-58
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In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 58-58
In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 51-51
In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 62-63
In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 43-43
In: Social work research & abstracts, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 46-46
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 63, Heft 251, S. 341-350
ISSN: 1474-029X
Our physical communities – the places we live and the people with whom we live – shape our lives. Often, our communities choose us; we are born into them, and we simply stay because it is what we know. Some get to choose or create their community. Others choose or are forced to leave. Rural communities differ widely in their economic base, culture values and practices, and social structure (Flora, 1992). The rural economy influences the opportunities with which we are presented, which in turn influences whether we leave or whether we stay. But the economy and jobs are not the only factors. A community's other resources such as social infrastructure, physical infrastructure, and governmental bodies build a community's narrative. That narrative, the story we tell ourselves and each other about why we do what we do, is central to our experience of community. These forces also influence who stays, who returns, or who moves to a rural community (von Reichert, Cromartie, & Gibbs, 2009). Communities that create an environment where all can maximize their potential, which remove structural and social barriers to participation, enhance their ability to keep and attract residents of all abilities. Those who live in rural communities face continuing tensions between preserving a community's heritage and adapting to circumstances shaped by global forces; between exploiting resources in a way that treats the community as disposable or regulating them in a manner that supports and sustains the community; and between open and inclusive processes or closed and discriminatory practices. While communities never proclaim themselves unwelcoming to people with different abilities, many in fact present a very unwelcoming structure.
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In: South African Journal of Sociology, Band 11, Heft 21, S. 31-41
In: Community development journal, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 122-127
ISSN: 1468-2656
In: China journal of social work, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 328-330
ISSN: 1752-5101
In: Research in the Sociology of Education; Children's Lives and Schooling across Societies, S. 15-41
In: Far Eastern survey, Band 14, Heft 25, S. 371-373