The Community as a Social System

1 March 1972

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Forces

Vol. 50 (3) , 371-379
https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/50.3.371

Abstract

Some assumptions common to traditional theories of the community are examined: (1) that social system boundaries are geographically determinable; (2) that the units comprising communities are either humans or families; (3) that cooperation based on common goals underlies community organization.

Keywords

SYSTEM BOUNDARIES
SOCIAL SYSTEM
COOPERATION BASED
TRADITIONAL THEORIES
COMPRISING
SYSTEM SOME ASSUMPTIONS
UNDERLIES COMMUNITY
ASSUMPTIONS COMMON

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