Handbook of community movements and local organizations

Introduction : Creating a frame for understanding local organizations / Ram Cnaan, Carol Milofsky, and Albert Hunter

Contemporary conceptions of community / Albert Hunter

Symbolism, tradition, ritual, and the deep structure of communities / Peter Dobkin Hall

Small towns and mass society / Carl Milofsky

Small nonprofits and civil society : civic engagement and social capital / Jo Anne Schneider

Community elites and power structure / Rikki Abzug

The political-economic gradient and the organization of urban space / Robert P. Fairbanks II

Public and private space in urban areas : house, neighborhood, and city / Eugenie L. Birch

The development of community information systems to support neighborhood change / Dennis Culhane and Bradley Breuer

Describing the community in thorough detail / Sonya Salamon

Communities as "big small groups" : culture and social capital / Michael Reisch and Dana Guyet

Sense of community and community building / Mary Hyde and David Chavis

Friendship and community organization / Rebecca G. Adams and Koji Ueno

Self-help groups as participatory action / Thomasina Borkman

Online communities / Gustavo S. Mesch

Alternative or intentional? Towards a definition of "unusual" communities / Ayala Cnaan and Steve Breyman

Frayed community : the gated community movement / Edward J. Blakely

Congregations and communities / Joy Charlton

Ethnicity and race as resource mobilization in American community civic life and participation : traditional and emerging concerns / John H. Stanfield, II

Sustaining racially, ethnically, and economically diverse communities / Phil Nyden

Community responses to disaster : Northern Ireland 1969 as a case study / Chris Gilligan

The nature of community organizing : social capital and community leadership / Marilyn Taylor

Avoid, talk, or fight : alternative cultural strategies in the battle against oligarchy in collectivist-democratic organizations / Joyce Rothschild and Darcy Leach

Grassroots social movements and the shaping of history / Jon Van Til, Gabor Hegyesi, and Jennifer Eschweiler

Action research : professional researchers in the community / Ben Cairns, Malcolm Carroll, and Margaret Harris

Leadership styles and leadership change in human and community service organizations / Hillel Schmid

Including and excluding volunteers : challenges of managing groups that depend on donated talent / F. Ellen Netting