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Palaces for the people : how to build a more equal and united society

By: Klinenberg, Eric
Material type: BookPublisher: London : The Bodley Head, c2018.Description: 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847925008; 9781524761165 ; 9781524761172 Subject(s): Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States | City planning -- United States | Equality -- United States | Quality of life -- United States | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development | ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use PlanningDDC classification: 307.760973 KL PA Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
"An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--
"The future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection 		307.760973 KL PA (Browse shelf) Available Jan2019 T0061133
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-266) and index.

"An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that the future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--

"The future of democratic societies rests not only on shared values but also on shared "social infrastructure": the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, coffee shops, pools, and parks that promote crucial, sometimes life-saving connections between people who might otherwise fail to find common cause"--

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