Communalism may refer to: *

Communalism (Bookchin) Murray Bookchin (January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. A pioneer in the environmental movement, Bookchin formulated and developed the theory of social e ...

, a theory of government in which autonomous communities form confederations * , a historical method that follows the development of communities *

Communalism (South Asia) Communalism is a term used to denote attempts to construct religious or ethnic identity, incite strife between people identified as different communities, and to stimulate communal violence between those groups. It derives from history, differenc ...

, violence across ethnic or communal boundaries * African communalism, a system of interdependence in rural Africa * Medieval communalism, a system of mutual allegiance and defense between cities in the European Middle Ages *

Intentional community An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, po ...

, a planned, socially-cohesive, residential community * Municipalism, governance by a region's local administrative division

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