Collective Action and Sense of Community

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meca Williams-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Sense Of Community

scholarly journals Cohesivity Fisheries Community in the Face of Climate Change on the Coast of Western Java

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Galuh Adriana ◽  
Nurmala K. Pandjaitan ◽  
Arya Hadi Dharmawan
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
The Face ◽  
Study Population

<p>ABTRACT<br />The conditions of fishermen is very dependent with nature. Climate change that happening makes nature more difficult to predict. That can make the living of fishermen more vulnerabel. Communities that have a strong cohesiveness will have a collective action to deal with climate change. The purpose of this study is to see the level of cohesiveness fisherman in the face of climate change. The method used is mix method using questionnaire, observation and in-depth interviews. The number of respondents was 100 people. The selection of respondents was done by simple random sampling technique, where the study population are members of “raskin” program from government. The results are fisheries community have a strong social capital, sense of community and community collective efficacy, which is produced strong cohesiveness. However, in reality what is perceived is not necessarily reflected in everyday life. Collective action found only in activities that support public facilities. However, collective action for the economic interests only occurs in certain interest groups. According the results can be argued that the level of fishing community cohesiveness is high, but only produce preparadness for climate change.<br />Keywords: social cohesion, collective action, fisheries community</p><p><br />ABSTRAK<br />Kehidupan nelayan sangat bergantung dengan alam. Perubahan iklim yang terjadi membuat alam semakin sulit untuk diprediksi. Kondisi tersebut membuat kehidupan nelayan semakin vulnerabel. Komunitas yang memiliki kohesivitas yang kuat akan memiliki aksi kolektif untuk menghadapi perubahan iklim. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat derajat kohesivitas komuitas nelayan dalam mengahadapi perubahan iklim. Metode yang digunakan adalah mix method dengan menggunakan kuesioner, observasi dan wawancara mendalam. Jumlah responden adalah 100 orang. Pemilihan responden dilakukan dengan teknik simple random sampling, dimana populasi penelitian adalah anggota komunitas penerima program beras raskin dari pemerintah. Hasil penelitian adalah komunitas nelayan memiliki modal sosial, sense of community dan community collective efficacy yang kuat, yang akan menghasilkan kohesivitas yang kuat. Akan tetapi, apa yang dirasakan belum tentu tercerimin pada kehidupan sehari-hari. Aksi kolektif hanya terdapat pada kegiatan yang mendukung fasilitas umum. Akan tetapi aksi kolektif untuk kepentingan ekonomi hanya terjadi pada kelompok-kelompok kepentingan tertentu. Berdasarkan hasil dapat dikatakan bahwa tingkat kohesivitas komunitas nelayan tinggi, tetapi hanya menghasilkan kesiapan untuk menghadapi perubahan iklim.<br />Kata kunci: kohesivitas, aksi kolektif, komunitas pesisir</p>

scholarly journals The Transition to Clean Energy: Are People Living in Island Communities Ready for Smart Grids and Demand Response?

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (19) ◽  
pp. 6218
Author(s):  
Dana Abi Ghanem ◽  
Tracey Crosbie
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Demand Response ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
People’S Perception ◽  
Island Communities ◽  
Energy And Development

Islands are widely recognised as ideal pilot sites that can spearhead the transition to clean energy and development towards a sustainable and healthy society. One of the assumptions underpinning this notion is that island communities are more ready to engage with smart grids (SGs) than people on the mainland. This is believed to be due to the high costs of energy on islands and the idea that the sense of community and collective action is stronger on islands than on the mainland. This paper presents findings from a survey conducted to assess people’s perception of, and readiness to engage with, SG and demand response (DR) in the communities of three islands taking part in a H2020 project called REACT. The main objective of the survey, conducted in 2020, was to inform the recruitment of participants in the project, which is piloting different technologies required for SGs and DR with communities on the three islands. The results show that many island residents are motivated to take part in SG, to engage with energy saving, and are willing to change some energy-related behaviours in their homes. However, the results also indicate that levels of ownership of, and knowledge and familiarity with, the SG and DR related technologies are extremely low, suggesting that the expected uptake of DR in islands might not be as high as anticipated. This brings into question the readiness of island dwellers for the SG, their role in the deployment of such schemes more widely and the validity of the assumptions often made about island communities. This has significant implications for the design of SGs and DR solutions for islands, including devoting sufficient efforts to build knowledge and awareness of the SG, investing in demonstration projects for that purpose and tailoring interventions based on island communities’ motivations.

‘We are all herd animals’: Community and organizationality in coworking spaces

Organization ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 894-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blagoy Blagoev ◽  
Jana Costas ◽  
Dan Kärreman
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Organize Work ◽  
Emergent Literature ◽  
Coworking Spaces ◽  
Independent Work

This article develops an understanding of coworking spaces as organizational phenomena. Based on an ethnography of betahaus in Berlin, we demonstrate how coworking spaces not only provide a sense of community but also pattern the work activities of their members. We theorize this finding by drawing on the emergent literature on organizationality. Our contribution is twofold. First, we challenge current understandings of coworking spaces as neutral containers for independent work. Instead, we show how coworking incorporates the disposition of becoming organizational. That is, coworking spaces can frame and organize work and may even provide a basis for collective action. Second, we add to research on organizing outside traditional organizations by drawing attention to the complex and shifting interplay of formal and informal relationships in such settings. In doing so, we inform current debates about new forms of organization and organizing.

LIVABILITY DIMENSIONS AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Action Projects

The sense of community can be understood as a sense of belonging to a collectivity, making citizens develop trust and awareness for collective action projects. This study aims to identify the livability dimensions and their relationship with the sense of community. The survey method was applied, and a sample of 392 residents of a Brazilian region was interviewed. The results show that three dimensions – (i) trust and safety; (ii) work and bridging relations; and (iii) housing and city performance - explain livability. Among these dimensions, Trust and Safety, and Housing and city performance have a significant relation to the sense of community, explaining 32.4% of the sense of community. These results point out elements for the elaboration of plans and public policies in the cities and as critical elements for future research.

Weaving a Nostalgia Narrative

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Ocejo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
East Village ◽  
Past Experiences

This chapter examines the social reasons behind collective action against economic development. In particular, it considers how early gentrifiers construct a “nostalgia narrative” that they use to create a community ideology and a new self-identity as their neighborhood's “symbolic owners” that serve as bases for collective action. It also explores how and why neighborhood residents continue to protest bars despite recognizing their powerlessness to prevent nightlife growth and occupying a role as its victim. The chapter focuses on a longtime resident named Bob, who moved to the East Village at the start of its gentrification and who, like other early gentrifiers, stayed in their neighborhood through its rough years rely on their own past experiences and definitions of community to contest them as “theirs.” Since it draws on a past that is both imagined and personal, the residents' narrative presents its own internal contradictions while their sense of community and organized protests exclude certain groups, such as the neighborhood's existing low-income residents.

Using Concept Mapping methodology to visualize Italian activists' motivations to collective action

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-58
Author(s):  
Carlo Pistoni ◽  
Lisa M. Vaughn ◽  
Maura Pozzi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Research Concept

In a political arena that is increasingly active on social issues, associations now more than ever need people who are committed to social change. Participatory methodologies are there-fore increasingly important to actively engage people and promote dialogue and collaboration between academia and local communities. In the present research, concept mapping methodology was applied with the aim of identifying the motivations underlying the commitment of a group of Italian activists to collective action. Findings suggest that sense of community and civic responsibility, typically "community" dimensions, are central in motivating the commit-ment of Italian activists.

scholarly journals The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods

2022 ◽  
pp. 349-359
Author(s):  
Lenneke Vaandrager ◽  
Lynne Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Social Entity ◽  
Health And Well Being

AbstractCommunities and neighborhoods have reemerged as important settings for health promotion; they are particularly effective for encouraging social processes which may shape our life-chances and lead to improved health and well-being; consequently, as Scriven and Hodgins, (2012) note, of all the settings (cities, schools, workplaces, universities, etc.), communities are the least well defined. Indeed, within the health literature, they are frequently referred to in terms of place, identity, social entity, or collective action.This chapter on communities and neighborhoods distinguishes between settings as a place (natural and built environment), identity (sense of community), social entity (cohesion, social capital), and collective action (reactive-resilience; proactive-community action) – all meaningful categories of generalized resistance resources (GRRs). Such clearly defined GRR categories would allow the study of their relative importance for developing the sense of coherence (SOC) and a newer concept – setting-specific SOC.

Forum theater can improve intergroup attitudes, sense of community, and collective action intentions: Evidence from Liberia.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-280
Author(s):  
Friederike Feuchte ◽  
Katelin H. S. Neufeld ◽  
Rezarta Bilali ◽  
Agostino Mazziotta
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes
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