Introduction : Creating a frame for understanding local organizations / Ram Cnaan, Carol Milofsky, and Albert Hunter
Contemporary conceptions of community / Albert Hunter
Symbolism, tradition, ritual, and the deep structure of communities / Peter Dobkin Hall
Small towns and mass society / Carl Milofsky
Small nonprofits and civil society : civic engagement and social capital / Jo Anne Schneider
Community elites and power structure / Rikki Abzug
The political-economic gradient and the organization of urban space / Robert P. Fairbanks II
Public and private space in urban areas : house, neighborhood, and city / Eugenie L. Birch
The development of community information systems to support neighborhood change / Dennis Culhane and Bradley Breuer
Describing the community in thorough detail / Sonya Salamon
Communities as "big small groups" : culture and social capital / Michael Reisch and Dana Guyet
Sense of community and community building / Mary Hyde and David Chavis
Friendship and community organization / Rebecca G. Adams and Koji Ueno
Self-help groups as participatory action / Thomasina Borkman
Online communities / Gustavo S. Mesch
Alternative or intentional? Towards a definition of "unusual" communities / Ayala Cnaan and Steve Breyman
Frayed community : the gated community movement / Edward J. Blakely
Congregations and communities / Joy Charlton
Ethnicity and race as resource mobilization in American community civic life and participation : traditional and emerging concerns / John H. Stanfield, II
Sustaining racially, ethnically, and economically diverse communities / Phil Nyden
Community responses to disaster : Northern Ireland 1969 as a case study / Chris Gilligan
The nature of community organizing : social capital and community leadership / Marilyn Taylor
Avoid, talk, or fight : alternative cultural strategies in the battle against oligarchy in collectivist-democratic organizations / Joyce Rothschild and Darcy Leach
Grassroots social movements and the shaping of history / Jon Van Til, Gabor Hegyesi, and Jennifer Eschweiler
Action research : professional researchers in the community / Ben Cairns, Malcolm Carroll, and Margaret Harris
Leadership styles and leadership change in human and community service organizations / Hillel Schmid
Including and excluding volunteers : challenges of managing groups that depend on donated talent / F. Ellen Netting.