Analysis Of The Role Of Community In Effort Of Citizenship Knowledge Development (Civic Knowledge)

Abstract

. The role of the community in an effort to build citizenship knowledge development (civic knowledge) is to discover how a community takes a role in developing civic knowledge. The solidarity theory by Emil Durkheim explains that a social community can be a place for living a life and to pull together and last for a long time if the community upholds the solidarity well. The research was conducted for the purpose to analyze the role of the community in an effort to build citizenship knowledge development (civic knowledge). The purpose of this research is to provide guidance to citizens within the scope of civic knowledge, such as citizen intelligence development, interaction skills, and mastering citizenship knowledge. This research was accomplished by using the type of a qualitative approach with a literature study method. The results of this research indicate that the community has a role in citizen developments within the scope of Citizenship Knowledge (civic knowledge) and also create individuals who are able to have personality qualities who have information knowledge, are able to solve problems, become citizens who have an active contribution in democratic life, and create citizens who have analytical personality, such as wise attitude in making decisions by using a center-based, street-based, and community-based approach strategy.