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The concept of is ubiquitous in way we talk and think about life in twenty-first century. Political and economic projects from rainforest conservation to urban empowerment zones focus on the as appropriate vehicle and target of change. Some scholars see a decline of community and predict dire social consequences; others criticize concept itself for its ideological baggage and lack of clear definition. Moving debate to a deeper level, contributors to this volume aspire to understand various ways is deployed and work it performs in different contexts. They compare many cases where scholars and activists use generically with instances in which notion of community is less pervasive or even non-existent. How does a community facilitate governance or capital accumulation? In what ways does it articulate these two forces in local and translocal contexts? What are unintended consequences of deploying concept--and what, too, are potential consequences of criticizing our fascination with it? The essays demonstrate critical value of using community as focus of analysis, rather than simply an empty category of heuristic or descriptive convenience.
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