difference between community and Association
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Generally speaking: An association is a loose social grouping with or without declared purpose. A community does not have a declared puropse but has a shared element -- that is you generally inscribe yourself into a community based on a shared element, such a living place or interest.
Community: Man cannot live in isolation. He cannot live alone. He keeps contact with his fellow beings for his survival. It is not possible for him to keep contact with all the people or to belong as a member of all the groups existing in the world.
Basic Elements of Community:
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According to Maclver and Page, there are two main bases or essential elements on the basis of which community is formed.
(i) Locality:
Locality implies a particular or territorial area unless a group of people live in a particular locality; they cannot establish relations and generate the we-feeling among themselves. Living together facilities people to develop social contacts, give protection, safety and security. Locality continues to be a basic factor of community life. Maclver says, though due to the extending facilities of communication in the modern world the territorial bond has been broken, yet “the basic character of locality as a social classifier has never been transcended.
(ii) Community Sentiment:
Community can be formed on the basis of community sentiment. It is extremely essential. It implies ‘a feeling of belonging together.” It is a ‘we-feeling’ among the members of a community. People living in a community lead a common life, speak the same language, conform to the same mores, feel almost the same sentiment and therefore, they develop a feeling of unity among themselves.