A transformative new idea for healing social division from one of the world's foremost experts
Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Public Knowledge at New York University. His pioneering research into the power of social infrastructure led to his appointment in 2013 as Research Director for President Obama's $1 billion programme to rebuild the region affected by Superstorm Sandy. He is the multi-award winning author of several books including, as co-author, the recent number one bestseller Modern Romance.
This wonderful book shows us how democracies thrive -- Steven
Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die
Fantastic ... both idealistic and, in its myriad examples,
pragmatic, and delightfully readable -- Rebecca Solnit, author of
Men Explain Things to Me
This 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, author of The
Craftsman
An important book for our difficult age. In very unequal societies,
where the social fabric has been torn apart, it is vitally
important to bring people together. Eric Klinenberg shows us how
this can be done -- Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level and
The Inner Level
Klinenberg's observations hold as true for Brexit Britain as they
do for Trump's America ... In ripping out our social
infrastructure, we are outraging a wisdom that goes back centuries
and spans countries ... Our people deserve palaces" Aditya
Chakrabortty
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