Objectives

After completing this class you will be able to:

• Compare and contrast global systems theory and network theory as explanations of the global economic crisis;
• Examine and evaluate the meaning of community from these two theoretical perspectives; and
• Assess how these two perspectives can be used to address the needs, issues and problems that face communities in a global economic and social order.

Allan

Pp. 431-470 1st Ed., pp. 435-368 2nd Ed.

Blackshaw

Pp. 104-111 (Virtual Communities)

Remember to select an article from next week's readings list.

Other Required Readings

Read one of these

Aamidor, A. & Evanoff, T. (2010). At the Crossroads: Middle America and the Battle to Save the Car Industry. ECW Press, Toronto, Canada. pp. 235-270. e-reserve

Ingrassia, P. (2010). Honda comes to the cornfields. Pp. 63-77 (Ch. 5), in Crash Course. The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster. Random House, New York. e-reserve

Read one of these

Gruzd, A., Wellman, B. & Takhteyev, Y. (2011). Imagining Twitter as an imagined community. American Behavioral Scientist 55(10), 1294-1318.

Maciel, C., Roque, L., Garcia, B. & Cristina, A. (2010) Interaction and communication resources in collaborative e-democratic environments: The democratic citizenship community. The International Journal of Government & Democracy in the Information Age 15(1-2), 73-88.

Additional Materials

Beckfield, J. (2008). The dual world polity: Fragmentation and integration in the network of intergovernmental organizations. Social Problems 55(3), 419-442.

Espino, S.L.R. & Trickett. (2008). The spirit of ecological inquiry and intervention research reports: A hueristic elaboration. Journal of Community Psychology 42(1-2), 60-78.

Garland, E. (2008). The elephant in the room: Confronting the colonial character of wildlife conservation in Africa. African Studies Review 51(3), 51-74.

Hirsch, J. (2003). The state's new clothes: NGOs and the internationalization of states. Rethinking Marxism 15(2), 237-262.

Holliday, A.L. & Dwyer, R.E. (2009). Suburban neighborhood poverty in U.S. metropolitan areas in 2000. City & Community 8(2), 155-176

Hornborg, A. (2008). Machine fetishism and the consumer's burden. Anthropology Today 24(5), 4-5.

Joe, S. & Lin, C. (2008). Learning online community citizenship behavior: A socio-cognitive model. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(3), 367-370.

Kusenbach, M. (2008). A hierarchy of urban communities: Observations on the nested character of place. City & Community 7(3), 225-249.

Martinelli, A. (2003). Markets, governments, communities and global governance. International Sociology 18(2), 291-323.

Zeldin, S., Petrokubi, J. & MacNeil, C. (2008). Youth-adult partnerships in decision-making: Disseminating and implementing an innovative idea into established organizations and communities. American Journal of Community Psychology 41(3-4), 262-277.