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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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202231

Does sense of community matter in community well-being?

Youngwha Kee

pp. 39-56

Abstract

This paper compares one vibrant grassroots community with its surrounding municipality in relation to subjective community well-being. Nested in Mapo municipality, Sungmisan is a small community formed from active community organizing and strong grassroots civic networks. Sungmisan has similar objective conditions—in terms of local public services, or, objective community well-being—to those of Mapo. Still, survey results show that Sungmisan residents were more satisfied with the local public services available in their community than were the Mapo residents with theirs, suggesting that objective community well-being does not always determine subjective community well-being. Community-level characteristics, such as sense of community, appear to be the most likely differentiating influence. Although sense of community was not established as a significant variable for subjective community well-being for Sungmisan, Sungmisan displayed high community-oriented characteristics, which was strikingly different from those of Mapo.

Publication details

Published in:

Kee Youngwha, Jong Lee Seung, Phillips Rhonda (2016) Social factors and community well-being. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 39-56

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29942-6_3

Full citation:

Kee Youngwha (2016) „Does sense of community matter in community well-being?“, In: Y. Kee, S. Jong lee & R. Phillips (eds.), Social factors and community well-being, Dordrecht, Springer, 39–56.