Rebuilding communities in an age of individualism / Paul Hopper.
Material type: TextPublisher: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 213 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0754614387
- 9780754614388
- 307 21
- HM761 .H66 2003
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 307 HOP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A297584B |
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.
Tertiary/Undergraduate.
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