TY  - BOOK
AU  - Block,Peter
TI  - Community: the structure of belonging 
SN  - 9781523095568
AV  - HM756 .B56 2018
U1  - 307 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Oakland
PB  - Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. a BK Business book
KW  - Communities
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
N1  - Revised edition of the author's Community, c2008
N2  - "The expanded and revised edition of Community tackles the hysteric rise of isolation and fear in a digitally interconnected world.  In the second edition of Community, author Peter Block offers practical advice and uplifting stories as a way to reject the increasing pull towards isolation and fear of the stranger in a new world of constant connection. This book explores the benefits of community and belonging to foster social change and reconciliation. As we continue to find new ways of being in constant connection with each other through technology, our workplaces are depopulated and we face growing trends of fundamentalism and nationalism, our fear of the stranger deepens. Block challenges this mindset and proves that community and the structure of belonging has the power to bring about positive social change when supported by the frameworks of compassion, equity and respect for the other. Backed by extensive research, this updated and expanded edition illuminates successful stories of community building as a form of healing. Covering stories about political gridlocks, poverty, people of faith, to institutional life, this revolutionary book offers a compelling argument of why we need community now more than ever"--; "In the second edition of Community, author Peter Block offers practical advice and uplifting stories as a way to reject the increasing pull towards isolation and fear of the stranger in a new world of constant connection. This book explores the benefits of community and belonging to foster social change and reconciliation. As we continue to find new ways of being in constant connection with each other through technology, our workplaces are depopulated and we face growing trends of fundamentalism and nationalism, our fear of the stranger deepens. Block challenges this mindset and proves that community and the structure of belonging has the power to bring about positive social change when supported by the frameworks of compassion, equity and respect for the other. Backed by extensive research, this updated and expanded edition illuminates successful stories of community building as a form of healing. Covering stories about political gridlocks, poverty, people of faith, to institutional life, this revolutionary book offers a compelling argument of why we need community now more than ever"--
ER  -