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2120 Final Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Types of Community | Physical and Imaginary |
| Deliberative participation | when people purposefully engage in thoughtful open dialogue with those that have differing opinions on topics. |
| Thick and Thin participation | Thick involves small groups in deep thought about certain issues (Has depth and is time-consuming). Thin involves fast simple actions (voting or signing a petition). |
| Social infrastructure and its relationship to social capital | Within America there are a lack of affordable and accessible third places. This leads to a decline in social capital. |
| Mobilizing structures/organizations and their role in public participation | These organizations give a voice to oppressed populations, and support equality/equity. |
| Nonprofits and the type of work they do | They are tax exempt organization that focus on a plethora of charitable social services. |
| Elements of generational differences: socialization, life-cycle, stereotypes | Each generation has different social standards, life changing events, and sterotypes about who they are as a collective. |
| Cognitive engagement | Investing mental effort into understand complex concepts. (Thinking beyond the surface level) |
| Generational differences in engagement versus lifecycle differences | Being able to see how generations engage in activities different as technology progress. Such as how 9/11 change public perceptions on national safety. |
| Civic-political divide (and the reasons for this divide) | Increased amounts of polarization, being able to pick between numerous elected officials since their opinions on certain policies differ. |
| social action versus community development | Social Action uses collective actiosn address a certain issue. While community developement strengths local relationships in order to progress a certain area. |
| ntegration and opposition, development and action (what is the most common type of combination | Developement intergration is the most common type as it modifys existing structures to live in a different circumstances. |
| New public participation: how new types of participatory democracy reinforce inequity | New forms of participation such as: Assemblies, Townhalls, and Online forums often benefit those who have the skills, wealth, and education to properly participate in discussion without making a steep tradeoff. |
| Democratizing inequalities | A paradox of increased participation keeps oppressed people oppressed. Such as business-sponsorships funding research, or certain voices will have more weight than others. |
| Prefigurative movements | Building an example of what one wants in the here-and now. Using momentum and direct action to hit hard on topics and avioding slow paced movement. |
| Most important element for assuring success with place-based community change | An actual relationship of trust amongst residents and stakeholders. While also giving residents weight in the decison-making process. |
| Difference between non-profit and not-for-profit organizations (Foundation List) | NOT FOR PROFIT: small member based groups serving internal interest. NONPROFIT: serves a public mission, charitable social work and is tax exampt. |