Loose Connections Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

Name: Loose Connections Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities
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ISBN: 9780674007970

ISBN-10: 0674007972

ISBN-13: 9780674007970

Edition: 1998

Authors: Robert Wuthnow

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To those who charge that Americans are at home watching television rather than getting involved in their communities, the author answers that while certain kinds of civic engagement may be declining, innovative new forms are taking their place.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Robert Wuthnow, a native of Kansas, teaches sociology and directs the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books about American religion and culture, including "Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s" and "Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future" (both Princeton).



Introduction


Breaking Apart, Coming Together


The Changing Meanings of Involvement


Porous Institutions


Saving the Suburbs


Against the Odds in the Inner City


Surviving in Small-Town America


The Good Citizen


The Question of Trust


The Larger Picture


Methods


Notes


Index