Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations in the 21st Century

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Conceptualizing Community  (Albert Hunter)....Pages 3-23
 Community at Work: Sensing Community Through Needs Fulfillment and Responsibility  (Neil M. Boyd, Branda Nowell)....Pages 25-39
 Community Climate: Adapting Climate Theory to the Study of Communities  (Gil Luria, Amnon Boehm, Ram A. Cnaan)....Pages 41-59
 Reading Social Symbol Systems  (Ben Marsh, Janet Jones)....Pages 61-77
 Community Elites or Community Elitism? the Democratic Challenge of Empowering Community  (Stephen Danley)....Pages 79-94
 Disengagement and Alienation in Modern American Institutions  (Jennifer M. Silva)....Pages 95-106
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 Systemic Theories of Associations: Macro and Meso Approaches  (Carl Milofsky)....Pages 109-125
 Creating Participatory Democratic Decision-Making in Local Organizations  (Joyce Rothschild)....Pages 127-140
 Client Authority in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations  (Lehn M. Benjamin)....Pages 141-154
 Community-Labor Coalitions  (Scott Harding, Louise Simmons)....Pages 155-169
 A Field Guide to Organizations “In the Wild:” Moving Beyond Restrictive Organization Theory for Associations  (Jordi Comas)....Pages 171-187
 Legitimacy as the Basis for Organizational Development of Voluntary Organizations  (Davide Gnes, Floris Vermeulen)....Pages 189-209
 About the Localized Social Movement  (Randy Stoecker)....Pages 211-227
 Volunteers in Community Organizations  (Christopher J. Einolf)....Pages 229-242
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 Community Practice and Community Organization: A Conceptual Understanding  (Haya Itzhaky, Edna Bustin)....Pages 245-263
 Community Empowerment  (Stephen W. Stoeffler)....Pages 265-280
 Contested Community: A Selected and Critical History of Community Organizing  (Robert Fisher, James DeFilippis, Eric Shragge)....Pages 281-297
 Alinsky Style Organizing  (Margaret A. Post)....Pages 299-308
 Self Help Organized Through Mutual Assistance in Helping Communities  (Steven P. Segal)....Pages 309-322
 Promoting Spatial Inclusion: How Everyday Places Signal Who Is Welcome  (Amy Hillier)....Pages 323-336
 Intentional Sub-communities and Identity Continuity Among Baby Boomers: Grateful Dead Fans  (Rebecca G. Adams, Justin T. Harmon)....Pages 337-351
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 Hometown Associations and Transnational Community Development  (Deepak Lamba-Nieves)....Pages 355-369
 The Community Resilience Approach to Disaster Recovery: Strategies Communities Can Use  (Jennifer Shea)....Pages 371-390
 Religious Congregations as Community Hubs and Sources of Social Bonding  (Ram A. Cnaan, H. Daniel Heist)....Pages 391-403
 Community-Based Action for Food Justice  (Michele A. Kelley, Rachael D. Dombrowski)....Pages 405-422
 Improving Health in or of the Community?  (Brandn Green, Kristal Jones)....Pages 423-435
 Schools as Community Institutions  (Carl Milofsky)....Pages 437-446
 The Case for Functional Pedagogical Skills in School Psychology Training: An Empirical Investigation  (Amy F. Golightly)....Pages 447-466
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 Community Approaches for Addressing Crime and Violence: Prevention, Intervention, and Restoration  (Tracy M. Soska, Mary L. Ohmer)....Pages 469-496
 Community Needs Assessments  (Heather S. Feldhaus, Paul Deppen III)....Pages 497-510
 Social Issues as a Focus of Community Studies  (Katherine Anne MacTavish)....Pages 511-526
 Qualitative Methods: Tools for Understanding and Engaging Communities  (Rosemary Frasso, Shimrit Keddem, Jesse M. Golinkoff)....Pages 527-549