id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2020 Community - Wikipedia .html text/html 4498 527 54 A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large.[1][need quotation to verify][2] Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities.[3] Formal accredited programs conducted by universities, as part of degree granting institutions, are often used to build a knowledge base to drive curricula in public administration, sociology and community studies. The institute makes available downloadable tools[15] to assess community assets and make connections between non-profit groups and other organizations that can help in community building. Community building and organizing[edit] ^ Community Development Journal, Oxford University Press ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2020.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2020.txt