{"product_id":"diverse-communities-barbara-arneil-9780521673907","title":"Diverse Communities: The Problem with Social Capital","description":"Diverse Communities is a critique of Robert Putnam's social capital thesis, re-examined from the perspective of women and cultural minorities in America over the last century. Barbara Arneil argues that the idyllic communities of the past were less positive than Putnam envisions and that the current 'collapse' in participation is better understood as change rather than decline. Arneil suggests that the changes in American civil society in the last half century are not so much the result of generational change or television as the unleashing of powerful economic, social and cultural forces that, despite leading to division and distrust within American society, also contributed to greater justice for women and cultural minorities. She concludes by proposing that the lessons learned from this fuller history of American civil society provide the normative foundation to enumerate the principles of justice by which diverse communities might be governed in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Arneil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521673909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521673907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.64d","brand":"Barbara Arneil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920050094335,"sku":"9780521673907","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_33be466b-963e-485d-ade7-ac6ed1aff2ea.jpg?v=1680813320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diverse-communities-barbara-arneil-9780521673907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}