American Community in Decline?
An important 2001 book on community in America:
Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community
by Robert D. Putnam / 2001 |
Some classics in this topic:
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Robert Neelly Bellah (Editor), et al |
and to read with Habits of the Heart — extension and critique of its ideas:
Community in America: The Challenge of Habits of the Heart
Charles H. Reynolds, Ralph Norman (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1988
Democracy in America (Signet Classics) by Alexis De Tocqueville, Richard D. Heffner (Editor) |
Tags: community-building, democracy Posted in: Community, Public Issues