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- 1524761168
- ISBN10
- 1524761168
- ISBN13
- 9781524761165
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- Book Title
- Palaces for the People : How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Architecture, Business & Economics, Social Science, Philosophy, Political Science
- Topic
- Urban & Land Use Planning, Sociology / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Infrastructure, General, Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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"A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward."--Jon Stewart NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - "Engaging."--Mayor Pete Buttigieg, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) 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 and 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, churches, and parks where crucial connections are formed. Interweaving his own research with examples from around the globe, Klinenberg shows how "social infrastructure" is helping to solve some of our most pressing societal challenges. Richly reported and ultimately uplifting, Palaces for the People offers a blueprint for bridging our seemingly unbridgeable divides. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION "Just brilliant "-- Roman Mars, 99% Invisible "The aim of this sweeping work is to popularize the notion of 'social infrastructure'--the 'physical places and organizations that shape the way people interact'. . . . Here, drawing on research in urban planning, behavioral economics, and environmental psychology, as well as on his own fieldwork from around the world, Eric Klinenberg] posits that a community's resilience correlates strongly with the robustness of its social infrastructure. The numerous case studies add up to a plea for more investment in the spaces and institutions (parks, libraries, childcare centers) that foster mutual support in civic life." -- The New Yorker " Palaces for the People-- the title is taken from the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie's description of the hundreds of libraries he funded--is essentially a calm, lucid exposition of a centuries-old idea, which is really a furious call to action." -- New Statesman "Clear-eyed . . . fascinating." --Psychology Today
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Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1524761168
ISBN-13
9781524761165
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248118542
Product Key Features
Book Title
Palaces for the People : How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Urban & Land Use Planning, Sociology / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Infrastructure, General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Architecture, Business & Economics, Social Science, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hc79.C3.K55 2018
Reviews
"Eric Klinenberg combines a Jane Jacobs-eye on city life with knowledge of the latest research and practical ideas to address the crucial issues of the day--class division, crime, and climate change. This is a brilliant and important book." --Arlie Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land, "An illuminating examination.... Klinenberg's observations are effortlessly discursive and always cogent, whether covering the ways playgrounds instill youth with civic values or a Chicago architect's plans to transform a police station into a community center. He persuasively illustrates the vital role these spaces play in repairing civic life." -- Publishers Weekly (starred) "If America appears fractured at the national level, the author suggests, it can be mended at the local one. This is an engrossing, timely, hopeful read, nothing less than a new lens through which to view the world and its current conflicts." -- Booklist (starred) "Eric Klinenberg combines a Jane Jacobs-eye on city life with knowledge of the latest research and practical ideas to address the crucial issues of the day--class division, crime, and climate change. This is a brilliant and important book." --Arlie Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land "Reading Palaces for the People is an amazing experience. As an architect, I know very well the importance of building civic places: concert halls, libraries, museums, universities, public parks, all places open and accessible, where people can get together and share experiences. To create good places for people is essential, and this is what I share with Klinenberg: We both believe that beauty, this kind of beauty, can save the world." --Renzo Piano "This fantastic book reminds us that democracy is fortified and enlivened by people coexisting together in public, and that good design and support of a wide variety of public spaces can produce those mysterious things we call community, membership, a sense of belonging, a place, maybe a polity. In an age where the push for disembodiment and never leaving the house and fearing and avoiding strangers and doing everything as fast as possible is so powerful, this book makes the case for why we want to head in the opposite direction. It's both idealistic and, in its myriad examples, pragmatic, and delightfully readable." --Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me and A Field Guide to Getting Lost "Wow. A comprehensive, entertaining, and compelling argument for how rebuilding social infrastructure can help heal divisions in our society and move us forward. I can't wait for people in my ideological bubble to ignore it!" --Jon Stewart "At a time when polarization is weakening our democracy, Eric Klinenberg takes us on a tour of the physical spaces that bind us together and form the basis of civic life. We care about each other because we bump up against one another in a community garden or on the playground or at the library. These are not virtual experiences; they're real ones, and they're essential to our future. This wonderful book shows us how democracies thrive." --Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die "Eric Klinenberg believes that social life can be designed well, just as good buildings are. His book is full of hope, which is all the more striking because Klinenberg is a realist. He is a major social thinker, and this is a beautifully written, major book." --Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics "Fine reading for community activists seeking to expand the social infrastructure of their own home places." -- Kirkus Reviews "The author's paean to public libraries will strongly appeal to those who support them as well as interested sociologists and urbanists." -- Library Journal
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2018-002837
Dewey Decimal
307.760973
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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