Participate and manage the community: Utopia or Dystopia?

Abstract

Starting from the distinction that Tönnies makes between the categories of community and society, and highlighting their theoretical value for the development, management, evaluation, improvement, control and transfer of the knowledge and achievements achieved by them, we address the issue of community participation and associated management. As Tönnies’ theoretical budget was “at the beginning it was the community,” we wonder if it is feasible to participate and manage in current capitalist societies or if “community ties” are required for effective associated management and relevant citizen participation, reaching the question of whether associated management is a utopia? or a dystopia? All this only highlights the fundamental role played by the situation, the context, the place in politics.