The Resource Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life, Eric Klinenberg
Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life, Eric Klinenberg
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- Summary
- "An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather and linger, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the 'social infrastructure': When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves. Klinenberg takes us around the globe--from a floating school in Bangladesh to an arts incubator in Chicago, from a soccer pitch in Queens to an evangelical church in Houston--to show how social infrastructure is helping to solve some of our most pressing challenges: isolation, crime, education, addiction, political polarization, and even climate change. Richly reported, elegantly written, and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People urges us to acknowledge the crucial role these spaces play in civic life. Our social infrastructure could be the key to bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides--and safeguarding democracy."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 277 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The social infrastructure
- A place to gather
- Safe spaces
- Learning together
- Healthy bonds
- Common ground
- Ahead of the storm
- Conclusion: Before we lift the next shovel
- Isbn
- 9781524761165
- Label
- Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life
- Title
- Palaces for the people
- Title remainder
- how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Klinenberg
- Subject
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- ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning
- trueEquality
- Equality -- United States
- trueInfrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | City Planning & Urban Development
- truePublic spaces -- United States
- truePublic works
- trueQuality of life
- trueQuality of life -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- trueSocial participation
- trueUnited States -- Social conditions
- trueUrban planning
- trueCommunity life
- City planning -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An eminent sociologist and bestselling author offers an inspiring blueprint for rebuilding our fractured society. We are living in a time of deep divisions. Americans are sorting themselves along racial, religious, and cultural lines, leading to a level of polarization that the country hasn't seen since the Civil War. Pundits and politicians are calling for us to come together, to find common purpose. But how, exactly, can this be done? In Palaces for the People, Eric Klinenberg suggests a way forward. He believes that the future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks where crucial, sometimes life-saving connections, are formed. These are places where people gather and linger, making friends across group lines and strengthening the entire community. Klinenberg calls this the 'social infrastructure': When it is strong, neighborhoods flourish; when it is neglected, as it has been in recent years, families and individuals must fend for themselves. Klinenberg takes us around the globe--from a floating school in Bangladesh to an arts incubator in Chicago, from a soccer pitch in Queens to an evangelical church in Houston--to show how social infrastructure is helping to solve some of our most pressing challenges: isolation, crime, education, addiction, political polarization, and even climate change. Richly reported, elegantly written, and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People urges us to acknowledge the crucial role these spaces play in civic life. Our social infrastructure could be the key to bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides--and safeguarding democracy."--Jacket
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- Klinenberg, Eric
- Dewey number
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- 307.760973
- 307.3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC79.C3
- LC item number
- K55 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Infrastructure (Economics)
- City planning
- Public spaces
- Equality
- Quality of life
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- ARCHITECTURE
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- how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life
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- Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life, Eric Klinenberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-266) and index
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- Introduction: The social infrastructure -- A place to gather -- Safe spaces -- Learning together -- Healthy bonds -- Common ground -- Ahead of the storm -- Conclusion: Before we lift the next shovel
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- on1016405141
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 277 pages
- Isbn
- 9781524761165
- Lccn
- 2018002837
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- unmediated
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- (OCoLC)1016405141
- Label
- Palaces for the people : how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life, Eric Klinenberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-266) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
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- text
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- Contents
- Introduction: The social infrastructure -- A place to gather -- Safe spaces -- Learning together -- Healthy bonds -- Common ground -- Ahead of the storm -- Conclusion: Before we lift the next shovel
- Control code
- on1016405141
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
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- 277 pages
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- 2018002837
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- (OCoLC)1016405141
Subject
- ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning
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- trueInfrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | City Planning & Urban Development
- truePublic spaces -- United States
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- trueQuality of life
- trueQuality of life -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
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- City planning -- United States
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