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Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks--Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling developments over the past few decades. Americans find many of the more substantial criticisms of sprawl easy to ignore because they often come across as snobbish in tone. Yet as Thad Williamson explains, sprawl does create real, measurable social problems. Williamson's work is unique in two importa

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Social justice --- 170 --- 321.0 --- 321.4 --- 330.52 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Equality --- Justice --- Philosophy --- Moraal en ethiek (algemeenheden) --- De staat. De maatschappijen. De maatschappelijke klassen. Algemene naslagwerken --- Democratie --- Liberaal systeem. Neo-liberalisme. Theorie van de onderhandeling --- Rawls, John, --- Roljŭ, J., --- Rōruzu, Jon, --- Political and social views.

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When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation and membership in civic organizations, and periodic outbursts of small town violence. Making a Place for Community argues that this death of community is being caused by contemporary policies that, if not changed, will continue to foster the decline of community. Increased capital flow between nations is not at the root of the problem

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