Community : The Structure of Belonging Paperback Peter Block

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ISBN
9781605092775
Book Title
Community : the Structure of Belonging
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2009
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Peter Block
Genre
Social Science, Business & Economics
Topic
Organizational Behavior, General
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Width
5.6 in
Number of Pages
264 Pages
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Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1605092770
ISBN-13
9781605092775
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Community : the Structure of Belonging
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Organizational Behavior, General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Social Science, Business & Economics
Author
Peter Block
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
307
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Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities--businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government--do not work together. They exist in their own worlds. As do so many individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. This disconnection and detachment makes it hard if not impossible to envision a common future and work towards it together. We know what healthy communities look like--there are many success stories out there, and they've been described in detail. What Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way community can emerge from fragmentation: How is community built? How does the transformation occur? What fundamental shifts are involved? He explores a way of thinking about our places that creates an opening for authentic communities to exist and details what each of us can do to make that happen., Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities do not work together. We know what healthy communities look like - there are many success stories out there, and they've been described in detail. What Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way "community" can emerge from fragmentation., We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, not citizens and neighbors. John McKnight and Peter Block show that we have the capacity to find real and sustainable satisfaction right in our neighborhood and community. This book reports on voluntary, self-organizing structures that focus on gifts and value hospitality, the welcoming of strangers. It shows how to reweave our social fabric, especially in our neighborhoods. In this way we collectively have enough to create a future that works for all., Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities -- businesses, schools, social service organizations, churches, government -- do not work together. They exist in their own worlds, as do so many individual citizens, who long for connection but end up marginalized, their gifts overlooked, their potential contributions lost. This disconnection and detachment makes it hard -- if not impossible -- to envision a common future and work towards it together. Weknow what healthy communities look like -- there are many success stories out there, and they've been described in detail. What Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way community can emerge from fragmentation: How is community built? How does the transformation occur? What fundamental shifts are involved? He explores a way of thinking about our places that creates an opening for authentic communities to exist and details what each of us can do to make that happen.

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