Community

Dynamics
 OBJECTIVES

❑ Discuss community dynamics &

elements
❑ Identify factors affecting
community dynamics
❑ Determine the power structure of a
 RECALL
Spiritual & Political territory & heritage
emotional
connection FULFILLMENT OF Interpersonal ties
NEEDS

Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft

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EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
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 RECALL

SUB TASK # 3: Build a Community Structure

SUB TASK # 3: Build a Community Structure
What were the challenges/difficulties your group
encountered while doing the task?

What were the dynamics & elements of the

task that can be related to Philippine
communities?
 COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
refer to the CHANGES that occur in the
community POWER STRUCTURES and
community POPULATION COMPOSITION over
time
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

Power
Structure

Hierarchical relationship that

govern the interaction of
individuals
POWER STRUCTURE
 POWER STRUCTURE
Authority
a kind of power that one has over another by virtue of an
elected position or an office appointment that is based on
codified laws and regulation
(USDA 2005; Weber 2015)

Influence
a kind of power that a person possesses over another by
virtue of other people’s positive perception of the former’s
competence and ability
(USDA 2005)
 Population Composition

Fertility
the actual productive performance (number of
child births) of a person, couple, group or
population
 Population Composition

Fertility
The average number of children that would be born alive
to a woman (or group of women) during her lifetime if
she were to pass through her childbearing years
conforming to the age specific fertility rates of a given
time period. (PSA, 2017)
Population Composition
 Population Composition

Mortality
demographic process relating to deaths,
Often summarized by death rates, survival rates,
and life expectancy
Population Composition
Population Composition
Population Composition
Migration
process of
moving from one
place to another.

Are there any

positive
Internal or negative
or External
effects of
Migration
migration?
Power Actors
PLURALIST
❑ Power becomes an attribute of
an individual and it is widely
distributed within the members
of the community – equal
influence
❑ Multiple centers of power
❑ Hallmark of participatory
democracy
❑ Participation (directly or right to
suffrage)
 A Feckless Pluralism: The “Masquerade” of
In Democracy
this paper, in that
I shall argue Philippine Politics a formal
despite consolidating
democratic structure, the Philippines is democratic in procedure,
but not in practice. I shall argue that the elite that dominates
political sphere using patron-cliental ties are not congruent to a
truly democratic State.
The domination of the elite in the political sphere, then translate to
poor indicators of democracy. Representation in the Philippines is
largely illusory (Dressel 2011); systems of representation are simply
present for elites to add a sense of legitimacy to the entrenchment of
their power (Rivera2006, 18). -Reyes, Lorenz Vergil T.

https://www.academia.edu/5684558/A_Feckless_Pluralism_The_Masquerade_of_Democracy_in_Philippine_Politics
ELITIST
❑ Power conforms to the system of
hierarchical stratification
❑ Related to those who poses
wealth, prestige & authority
❑ Power actors are consist of
tightly knit group
❑ Elites & local aristocracy
 Sub-types of Elitism

Class based theory of

power

Control economic
system of the
community
FACTIONAL
❑ Power resides on numerous
interest groups that hold
relatively equal power
❑ They struggle to control or
dominate
❑ They focus on ousting another
than resolving community issues
AMORPHOUS
❑ Refers to seeming absence of an
identifiable power structure in
some
❑ They satisfied with the status
quo – sleeping giants
❑ Dominant power actors can
become active when the
community is agitated enough or
rallied to a cause.
Express your thoughts well!
(Take-home quiz)

Situation: If you are assigned to make positive changes in the lives of

people in a poverty-stricken community, why do you think the
understanding of their community power structure and their community
population serve as an important step in helping them?
1. Discuss five importance of understanding power structure and
population composition. (10 points)
2. Cite a specific case and explain how can you make positive changes
in their community. (20 points)
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ***Cite sources and references