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Community organization
About: Community organization is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10540 publications have been published within this topic receiving 214909 citations. The topic is also known as: community organisation.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the conceptual origins of the community, and the ways the term has been deployed in writings on resource use, and analyze those aspects of community most important to advocates for community's role in resource management.
2,826 citations
01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: Atkinson and Flint as discussed by the authors used snowball sampling to identify respondents who are then used to refer researchers on to other respondents, which has a number of advantages for sampling University of Surrey Sociology at Surrey.
Abstract: Rowland Atkinson and John Flint are researchers at the Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. Both have an interest in the spatial distribution and experience of social exclusion and have been commissioned to devise a methodology for tracing residents who leave regeneration areas in Scotland. •In its simplest formulation snowball sampling consists of identifying respondents who are then used to refer researchers on to other respondents. •Snowball sampling contradicts many of the assumptions underpinning conventional notions of sampling but has a number of advantages for sampling University of Surrey Sociology at Surrey
2,023 citations
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01 Jun 19741,333 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a service learning approach for higher education, which is implemented in higher education institutions by implementing Service Learning in Higher Education (SLIN) in the context of higher education.
Abstract: (1996). Implementing Service Learning in Higher Education. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 221-239.
1,144 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a model illustrates how a sense of community can have a catalytic effect on local action by affecting the perception of the environment, social relations, and one's perceived control and empowerment.
Abstract: Social programs need to identify catalysts for action which can be targeted in order to effectively and efficiently meet their goals. A model illustrates how a sense of community can have a catalytic effect on local action (i.e., participation in a block association) by affecting the perception of the environment, social relations, and one’s perceived control and empowerment The model is tested and confirmed through path-analytic and longitudinal techniques.
1,075 citations