9781524761172-1524761176-Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

ISBN-13: 9781524761172
ISBN-10: 1524761176
Edition: Reprint
Author: Eric Klinenberg
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Crown
Format: Paperback 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781524761172
ISBN-10: 1524761176
Edition: Reprint
Author: Eric Klinenberg
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Crown
Format: Paperback 304 pages

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Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (ISBN-13: 9781524761172 and ISBN-10: 1524761176), written by authors Eric Klinenberg, was published by Crown in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Urban & Land Use Planning (Architecture, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, Urban Planning & Development, Social Sciences, Urban, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Urban & Land Use Planning books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.74.

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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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