Social Fields, A Consensus of Interest

Social fields are developed through the special interest interactions between members of a local society through their normal and natural desires to satisfy common goals and activities. "It is through various special interest fields from which arise the community field." Wilkinson, (1999:33) Kaufman defines the community field as an organization of actions carried on by persons working through various associations or groups. Kaufman (1959:12) A good example of such an association might be the local Parent Teacher Organization. This group is comprised of teachers and parents whose mutual interest is in securing the best educational experience for the students in that particular school. Within this community field, the interactions between members create groups whose collective actions lead to organization and structure within the community. In order to facilitate grass roots community support for entrepreneurship, there is the need to cultivate and stimulate cooperation among the distinct organizations in the community. In addition Brennan & Israel write that the community field emerges through the process of coordinating the individual social field and it reflects community wide efforts Brennan & Israel (2008:88).