社区是社会学理论中一个颇有争议的概念。一般认为,社区就是一个具有比较明确的地理边界的区域性社会,是一定社会关系在某一空间的具体体现。从广义上讲,大到一个国家,小到一个村庄都可以被称之为社区。但是在我国(包括港台地区)及国外目前的社区研究和实际的社区工作中,一般都是将较小型的区域性社会(如农村中的村、镇,城市中有较为明显 Community is a controversial concept in sociological theory. It is generally believed that a community is a regional society with a relatively clear geographical boundary and is a concrete manifestation of certain social relations in a certain space. Broadly speaking, as large as a country, as small as a village can be called a community. However, in China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and in current community studies and actual community work in other countries, it is common to compare smaller-scale regional societies (such as villages, towns and cities in rural areas)