POSC 1100U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Melting Pot, Social Capital, Advantageous
1 Mar 2017
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Community: relationships and has number of people; with differentiating common connections- likely associated with identity. Community problems: when community needs are not met and impacts members. Community development: facilitates community change: when members collaboratively recognize, build interactions, build strengths and increase resources( lee & todd, 2007) Sunk costs ( filley, house, derr , 1976) 1: racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, and ableism, as well as other social relations of discrimination are central to understanding community change, as an agent of change you may see behaviours and ways that seem counterproductive: Maintaining equilibrium or balance is one of the core concerns of any system. All systems operate in relationship with other system. Each systems always has to respond to external influences. Focuses on the interaction between systems; any change in any part of the system will have an impact on the entire system.
