Society and Community

 

Society

Society is derived from the Latin word socius which means companionship or friendship. It can be defined as the collection of individuals united by certain relations or mode of behaviors which make them different from others who do no enter into these relations or who differ from them in behavior. 

Characteristics of Society:

a.    It is an abstract concept.

b.    It is dynamic concept.

c.    There is no possible to assume society without the presence of individual.

d.    There is interdependency.

e.    It is based on likeness and difference.

f.     There is cooperation and conflict.

g.    In society, culture is an indispensable factor.

h.    There is mutual awareness.

i.     There is social control.

Community

It is a social group with some degree of we feeling and people are living in a given area. It can be also defined as the collection of the numbers of people which share a common territorial area group and can embrace all aspects of life.

Characteristics of Community:

a.      There is presence of we feeling.

b.     There is similarity.

c.      It has specific territory.

d.     There is presence of homogeneity in culture.

e.      It has common rule and wider objectives.

f.       There is inborn membership.

g.     It has a strong group feeling.

h.     It has organized interactions.

Difference between Society and Community:

Society	Community
1.It is a web of social relationship.	a.It is the group of individuals living in a particular area with some degree of “we feeling”.
2.A definite geographic area is not an essential aspect of the society.	b.A definite geographic area is the important aspect of the community.
3.It is abstract.	c.It is concrete.
4.It may or may not have sense of “We Feeling”.	d.It has sense of “We Feeling.”
5.It is wider.	e.It is smaller than society.
6.It has more extenstive and varied objectives.	f.It has less extensive and varied objectives than society.
7.It involves both likeness and differences.	g.It has more likeness than difference.