The Sociology of Community Connections (eBook)

Social ConnectionsIntroductionOur 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 PresentIntroductionEuropean 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 CommunitiesIntroductionA 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 HomelessIntroductionWho 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 TiesIntroductionHow 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 ValueIntroductionConnectedness 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 CommunityIntroductionChanging 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 HealthIntroductionUnderstanding Social SupportSocial Support Shaped by CultureSocial Support and Social NetworksSocial Support, Social Networks, and HealthSelf-Help and Support GroupsSocial Support and Community HealthThe Effects of Acculturation and Social Change on Family and Community        CohesionSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- The Social Internet: CybercommunitiesIntroductionThe Scope of Internet DiffusionThe Networked FamilyThe Effects of Internet DiffusionCommunity NetworksThe Virtual OrganizationThe Virtual SelfInternet EthicsSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- Virtual Connections in New Work EnvironmentsIntroductionCollaboration: An Alternative Work StyleWorkplace CommunitiesEffects of Virtuality on the Cultures of OrganizationsOrganizations as CommunitiesThe Organization as a Community: An ExampleThe Future of the Workplace in a Distributed WorldSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- Ecologically Sustainable Communities: Place-Based and Purpose-Based Connections            Introduction            Ecology, Sustainability, and Community            The Ecological Footprint Model            A Sense of Place and Sense of Purpose            Building a New Ethic of Sustainability            Summary            Questions for Discussion;- Solitary Communities: Disconnecting From the Common GoodIntroductionCommunication in Solitary CommunitiesSources of DisconnectionsReconnectionsCommunities of the FutureSustainable CommunitiesSummaryQuestions for Discussion;- Notes;- References;- Index