Contemporary Conceptions of Community -- Symbolism, Tradition, Ritual, and the Deep Structure of Communities -- Small Towns and Mass Society -- Small Nonprofits and Civil Society: Civic Engagement and Social Capital -- Community Elites and Power Structure -- The Political-Economic Gradient and the Organization of Urban Space -- Public and Private Space in Urban Areas: House, Neighborhood, and City -- The Development of Community Information Systems to Support Neighborhood Change -- Describing the Community in Thorough Detail -- Communities as “Big Small Groups”: Culture and Social Capital -- Sense of Community and Community Building -- Friendship and Community Organization -- Self-Help Groups as Participatory Action -- Online Communities -- Alternative or Intentional? Towards a Definition of “Unusual” Communities -- Frayed Community: The Gated Community Movement -- Congregations and Communities -- Ethnicity and Race as Resource Mobilization in American Community Civic Life and Participation: Traditional and Emerging Concerns -- Sustaining Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Communities -- Community Responses to Disaster: Northern Ireland 1969 as a Case Study -- The Nature of Community Organizing: Social Capital and Community Leadership -- Avoid, Talk, or Fight: Alternative Cultural Strategies in the Battle Against Oligarchy in Collectivist-Democratic Organizations -- Grassroots Social Movements and the Shaping of History -- Action Research: Professional Researchers in the Community -- Leadership Styles and Leadership Change in Human and Community Service Organizations -- Including and Excluding Volunteers: Challenges of Managing Groups That Depend on Donated Talent.