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Rebuilding communities in an age of individualism / Paul Hopper.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 213 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0754614387
  • 9780754614388
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307 21
LOC classification:
  • HM761 .H66 2003
Contents:
Post-Fordism and individualism -- Detraditionalization and the rise of individualism -- Globalization and the individual -- Community and social capital -- Public-spiritedness and community -- The retreat into tribalism -- Communitarianism, liberalism and public-spiritedness -- Citizenship : a modest proposal.
Summary: The author explores the modern tendency towards individualism, the erosion of social capital in Western societies and the likely effects of further individualism. Strategies geared to fostering trust and social capital are outlined as the basis for reinvigorating community life.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-205) and index.

Post-Fordism and individualism -- Detraditionalization and the rise of individualism -- Globalization and the individual -- Community and social capital -- Public-spiritedness and community -- The retreat into tribalism -- Communitarianism, liberalism and public-spiritedness -- Citizenship : a modest proposal.

The author explores the modern tendency towards individualism, the erosion of social capital in Western societies and the likely effects of further individualism. Strategies geared to fostering trust and social capital are outlined as the basis for reinvigorating community life.

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