Palaces for the people
Subtitle: how social infrastructure can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life
By: Eric Klinenberg
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781524761165; 9781524761172
Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics); City planning; Equality; Quality of life
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.