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The Sociology of Community Connections
ISBN/EAN: 9789400716322
Umbreit-Nr.: 1670687
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xxiii, 328 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 18.07.2011
Auflage: 2/2011
- Zusatztext
- 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 Connections will identify and help students understand community connectedness in the present and future.
- Kurztext
- Inhaltsangabe- Social Connections IntroductionOur Earliest ConnectionsTransmitting Culture and BeliefsEnvironment and ModelingGeneralizing Attachment ExperiencesWhen Social Bonding FailsAttachments Across the LifecycleCommunity AttachmentsShifting Values, Changing ConnectionsPurposeful ConnectionsSummary Questions for Discussion;- - Conceptions of Community: Past and Present IntroductionEuropean Conceptions of CommunityAmerican Conceptions of CommunityContemporary Urban SociologySocial Movements and Conceptions of CommunityLoose Connections: Moving to the Center of the ContinuumSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- - Common Ties: Immigrant, Refugee, and Ethnic Communities IntroductionA New Evolving Multi-Ethnic AmericaNewcomers with Old ConnectionsAdaptationThe Ethnic Neighborhood and Its NetworksThe Health Effects of ImmigrationSummary Questions for Discussion;- 4. Mobile Communities: The Tentative Ties of Migrant and Seasonal FarmworkersIntroductionRegional Migration PatternsBecoming a SojournerMigrant Communities: The ColoniasMigrant CampsLa Familia: Survival and AdaptationDifferent Migrants, Different Cultures, Different ConnectionsPositive ConnectionsThe Health of FarmworkersThe Health Care DisconnectionNew ConnectionsThe Role of Culture in Health Services UtilizationSummary Questions for Discussion;- - Fragmented Ties: The Poor and the Homeless IntroductionWho Are the Homeless?Poverty and Homelessness as Indicators of National HealthSocial Connections and Networks: The Urban Poor and HomelessThe Shelter: Temporary ConnectionsRural HomelessnessPoverty and Homelessness: Processes of DisconnectednessSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- - Communities in Crisis: Reconnecting Frayed Social Ties IntroductionHow Disasters Change Social TiesReconnecting Through Collective CopingResilience, Social Capital, and RebuildingContinuing DisastersThreats of DisasterSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- 7. Communities of Exclusion and Excluded Communities: Barriers to NeighboringIntroductionCommunities with Walls and GatesPrivate Neighborhoods and Tentative NeighboringExcluded CommunitiesSocial InclusionSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- - Connecting Seniors: Social Networks of Value IntroductionConnectedness and AgingAttitudes Toward Aging in Different CulturesAging: Different Degrees of ConnectednessAging, Disconnections, and ModernizationLongevity and a Healthy LifestyleAging and NetworkingLivable Communities for SeniorsSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- - Connections of Faith: Religion as Community IntroductionChanging ConnectionsThe Religious Community in TransitionThe Growth and Civic Engagement of Non-Christian ImmigrantsReligious/Spiritual ConnectionsReligion, Spirituality, and HealthReligious Groups, Spiritual Capital, and ForgivenessReligious Communities and HealthReligion and Disease PreventionFaith-Based Communities and OrganizationsSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- - Vital Bonds: Social Support, Social Networks, and Health IntroductionUnderstanding Social SupportSocial Support Shaped by CultureSocial Support a