Concept information
Preferred term
communities (sociology)
Definition
- The concept of community developed mostly in sociology to refer to an organic whole whose components are tied together by a common and innate moral order. Classical literature on community emphasizes its homogeneity in terms of the beliefs and activities of its members, who are interrelated in face-to-face relationships and whose allegiance and belonging are clearly defined. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Communities]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- activism and social transformation
- affinity communities
- communities: case studies
- community design
- instrumental communities
- intentional communities
- internet and communities
- key people in community studies
- local communities
- politics and law
- primordial communities
- processes and institutions
- proximate communities
- rural life
- rural sociology
- social life
- urban and suburban life
- urban sociology
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/communities_(sociology)
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