Discussion
In Chapter 13, you were presented with a global development case study utilizing the three feminist principles (see highlights 13-4, starting on page 506). Based on what you read, address the following questions:
1. To what extent do you agree with the three feminist principles presented?
2. How valuable did the principles seem in implementing the three programmatic examples? Explain.
3. To what extent do these feminist principles help to advance social and economic justice? Explain.
Week 15: Theoretical Functions of Communities
Objectives
• Explore the functions of communities as part of “the range of social systems in which people live.”
• Identify the primary concepts involved in conceptual frameworks concerning community functions.
• “Apply knowledge to understand person and environment” by assessing the similarities and differences among community functions.
Instructions
Part 1: Match the following theoretical functions of communities from chapter 13 with their respective descriptions.
Part 2: After matching, address the following prompts (a & b) on page 2.
Theoretical Function of Communities (Warren, 1983)
1. Production-distribution-consumption
2. Socialization
3. Social control
4. Social participation
5. Mutual support
_____ A. Concerns the involvement of citizens in social, political, and economic processes.
_____ B. Relates to “local participation in the process of producing, distributing, and consuming those goods and services that are a part of daily living and access to which is desirable in the immediate locality” (pp. 28–29).
_____ C. Involves encouragement, Helpance, caring, and cooperation among people in communities.
_____ D. Involves “the process through which a group influences the behavior of its members toward conformity with its norms” (p. 29).
_____ E. Concerns a “process by which society or one of its constituent social units transmits prevailing knowledge, social values, and behavior patterns to its members” (p. 29).
2. After matching, answer and respond to the following:
a. What concepts in the definitions characterize each function and make that function unique?
b. What are the similarities and differences among the functions?
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Discussion
You were given a global development case study in Chapter 13 that used the three feminist concepts (see highlights 13-4, starting on page 506). Answer the following questions based on what you’ve learned:
1. How much do you agree with the three feminist concepts that have been presented?
2. How useful did the concepts appear to be in putting the three programming examples into action? Explain.
3. How do these feminist ideals contribute to the advancement of social and economic justice? Explain.
Week 15: Community Theoretical Functions
Objectives
• Explore the functions of communities as part of “the range of social systems in which people live.”
• Identify the primary concepts involved in conceptual frameworks concerning community functions.
• “Apply knowledge to understand person and environment” by assessing the similarities and differences
