Amorphous Community Development: Concept, Theory, and Practice
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The emergence of amorphous communities, including communities without propinquity and post-place communities, calls for a re-examination of the previous concepts and theories. With the expanded community definition, more contemporary community practices could be explored. This article investigates various types of modern-day communities, especially those whose patterns and structures differ from traditional ones. Though an indistinct definition, achieving solidarity remains the goal of community development work. Therefore, the citizen entrepreneur concept is introduced as a new approach to community development to accomplish solidarity within amorphous communities. Three case studies in the Thai context are presented to demonstrate the work of citizen entrepreneurs in both communities without propinquity and post-place communities.
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