Community

Belonging

the extent to which people feel accepted within a community or how welcome they feel to participate actively within the group

Exclusion

the process by which individuals are denied access to resources, oppurtunities and rights that are avaliable to others within a group

Community

a group of people who share social relationships through being geographically close or in regular contact, and through having similarities such as mutual interest and shared ideology

Ferdinand Tonnies

Gemeinschaft and gesellschaft

Gemeinschaft

communitiy, social association that emphasises personal connection and tradition, where the needs of the group are put before the individual

gesellschaft

society, social relations that are impersonal, with an emphasis on efficiency and rationality

Neotribes

Maffesoli, informal, fluid groups that are based upon shared interest, such as sport, members are seeking a sense of belonging in the face of an increasingly individualistic society