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degree to which a community or organization has unity, is the degree to
which it can make decisions as a whole. |
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It
is not the same thing as homogeneity (all the same), but where people recognize
and respect each others' differences, yet recognize a common bond. |
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is a shared sense of belonging to a known entity (ie the group composing
the community), although every community has divisions or schisms
(religious,
class, status, income, age, gender, ethnicity, clans),
the degree
to which community members are willing to tolerate the differences and
variations among each other and are willing to cooperate and work together,
a sense of a common purpose or vision, shared values. |
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Unity
is one of the sixteen elements of strength, power or capacity of a community
or organization. See: Elements of Community
Strength. When a community or organization is more unified, it is stronger.
(Unity does not mean that everyone is the same, but that everyone tolerates
and understands each others' differences, and works for the common good).
When simulating a community to organize and act, the mobilizer needs to
be aware of the role of unity in empowering that community or organization. |
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community is naturally unified; there are always conflict and competition,
if not social schisms that tear every community
apart. See Unity Organizing. |
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That
is why it is the task of every mobilizer to engage in activities that promote
unity, so that a community decision (eg to choose a particular plan of
action) is truly the choice of the whole community rather than only a choice
of a particular faction. |
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attribute "utility" is the degree to which something is "useful."
This
attribute, utility, is one of the two essential elements of wealth
or value (the other is relative scarcity). |
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A
"Public Utility" (eg electricity) is something useful to the public
or society as a whole. |
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