Maturing as a Community Effort

Abstract

This article discusses papers by Dalal (2016) and Samuels (2016) that explore the tensions between the individual and the group, the complexities of group power dynamics and personal responsibility, and the concept of personal growth or maturation, which this discussant article posits as an outcome of the interplay between individual and social processes.

Keywords

individual-group tensions personal and collective responsibility function and process of maturation for the individual and the group

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