Loose Connections: Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

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Wuthnow shows that in America there has been a significant change in group affiliations away from traditional civic organizations toward affiliations that respond to individual needs and collective concerns. He looks at the challenges that must be faced if these innovative forms of civic involvement are to flourish.

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  Loose Connections: Joining Together in America's Fragmented Communities

  • 1998
  • 276 pages
  • Paperback
  • Harvard University Press

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