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Peter Block's notion of a citizen is someone accountable and committed to the well-being of the whole and a participant in a democracy, regardless of their legal status. Peter stated that a citizen is "one who chooses to create the life, the neighborhood, the world from their own gifts and the gifts of others". [23]
Communities are human systems given form by conversations that build relatedness. The conversations that build relatedness most often occur through associational life, where citizens are unpaid and show up by choice, rather than in large systems where professionals are paid and show up by contractual agreement.
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What Peter Block provides in this inspiring new book is an exploration of the exact way community can emerge from fragmentation. How is community built? How does the...
Chapter 6: What It Means to Be a Citizen. Citizens, in an interdependent communalism, are responsible and committed to communal well-being. Citizens choose activism and care. They hold themselves accountable, exercise power rather than defer or delegate, welcome those at the margin, acknowledge that community grows from the
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In Community, Peter Block explores how authentic community can emerge from fragmentation and offers practical steps and strategies we can use to foster this transformation. This updated and...
- Peter Block
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018
- 2, revised
- Community: The Structure of Belonging
Jun 28, 2019 · Associational life is a volitional aspect of community – how citizens choose to build connections for their own sake, usually for a common purpose. This is in contrast to forced participation based on pay, retribution, censure, or exclusion. Leaders who use their power to convene “citizens” are able to create an alternative future.
distinct from the past. The very definition of community - the collective way of people to make a difference - testifies to the strong SF ethos of the book. The author has structured the book in two parts and they both have a metaphor for a title: The Fabric of Community and The Alchemy of Belonging.
