The Sociology of Community Connections

<ol><li>Social Connections</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Our Earliest Connections</p><p>Transmitting Culture and Beliefs</p><p>Environment and Modeling</p><p>Generalizing Attachment Experiences</p><p>When Social Bonding Fails</p><p>Attachments Across the Lifecycle</p><p>Community Attachments</p><p>Shifting Values, Changing Connections</p><p>Purposeful Connections</p><p>Summary</p><p>            Questions for Discussion;- </p><ol><li>Conceptions of Community: Past and Present</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>European Conceptions of Community</p><p>American Conceptions of Community</p><p>Contemporary Urban Sociology</p><p>Social Movements and Conceptions of Community</p><p>Loose Connections: Moving to the Center of the Continuum</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Common Ties: Immigrant, Refugee, and Ethnic Communities</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>A New Evolving Multi-Ethnic America</p><p>Newcomers with Old Connections</p><p>Adaptation</p><p>The Ethnic Neighborhood and Its Networks</p><p>The Health Effects of Immigration</p><p>Summary</p><p>            Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><p>4.      Mobile Communities: The Tentative Ties of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Regional Migration Patterns</p><p>Becoming a Sojourner</p><p>Migrant Communities: The Colonias</p><p>Migrant Camps</p><p>La Familia: Survival and Adaptation</p><p>Different Migrants, Different Cultures, Different Connections</p><p>Positive Connections</p><p>The Health of Farmworkers</p><p>The Health Care Disconnection</p><p>New Connections</p><p>The Role of Culture in Health Services Utilization</p><p>Summary</p><p>            Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Fragmented Ties: The Poor and the Homeless</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Who Are the Homeless?</p><p>Poverty and Homelessness as Indicators of National Health</p><p>Social Connections and Networks: The Urban Poor and Homeless</p><p>The Shelter: Temporary Connections</p><p>Rural Homelessness</p><p>Poverty and Homelessness: Processes of Disconnectedness</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Communities in Crisis: Reconnecting Frayed Social Ties</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>How Disasters Change Social Ties</p><p>Reconnecting Through Collective Coping</p><p>Resilience, Social Capital, and Rebuilding</p><p>Continuing Disasters</p><p>Threats of Disaster</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><p>7.      Communities of Exclusion and Excluded Communities: Barriers to    Neighboring</p><p>Introduction</p><p>Communities with Walls and Gates</p><p>Private Neighborhoods and Tentative Neighboring</p><p>Excluded Communities</p><p>Social Inclusion</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Connecting Seniors: Social Networks of Value</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Connectedness and Aging</p><p>Attitudes Toward Aging in Different Cultures</p><p>Aging: Different Degrees of Connectedness</p><p>Aging, Disconnections, and Modernization</p><p>Longevity and a Healthy Lifestyle</p><p>Aging and Networking</p><p>Livable Communities for Seniors</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Connections of Faith: Religion as Community</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Changing Connections</p><p>The Religious Community in Transition</p><p>The Growth and Civic Engagement of Non-Christian Immigrants</p><p>Religious/Spiritual Connections</p><p>Religion, Spirituality, and Health</p><p>Religious Groups, Spiritual Capital, and Forgiveness</p><p>Religious Communities and Health</p><p>Religion and Disease Prevention</p><p>Faith-Based Communities and Organizations</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Vital Bonds: Social Support, Social Networks, and Health</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Understanding Social Support</p><p>Social Support Shaped by Culture</p><p>Social Support and Social Networks</p><p>Social Support, Social Networks, and Health</p><p>Self-Help and Support Groups</p><p>Social Support and Community Health</p><p>The Effects of Acculturation and Social Change on Family and Community  </p><p>      Cohesion</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Social Internet: Cybercommunities</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>The Scope of Internet Diffusion</p><p>The Networked Family</p><p>The Effects of Internet Diffusion</p><p>Community Networks</p><p>The Virtual Organization</p><p>The Virtual Self</p><p>Internet Ethics</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Virtual Connections in New Work Environments</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Collaboration: An Alternative Work Style</p><p>Workplace Communities</p><p>Effects of Virtuality on the Cultures of Organizations</p><p>Organizations as Communities</p><p>The Organization as a Community: An Example</p><p>The Future of the Workplace in a Distributed World</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Ecologically Sustainable Communities: Place-Based and Purpose-Based </li></ol><p>Connections</p><p>            Introduction</p><p>            Ecology, Sustainability, and Community</p><p>            The Ecological Footprint Model</p><p>            A Sense of Place and Sense of Purpose</p><p>            Building a New Ethic of Sustainability</p><p>            Summary</p><p>            Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><ol><li>Solitary Communities: Disconnecting From the Common Good</li></ol><p>Introduction</p><p>Communication in Solitary Communities</p><p>Sources of Disconnections</p><p>Reconnections</p><p>Communities of the Future</p><p>Sustainable Communities</p><p>Summary</p><p>Questions for Discussion;-</p><p> </p><p>Notes;-</p><p> </p><p>References;-</p><p> </p><p>Index</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>