Many of our current social problems have been attributed to the breakdown or loss of community as a place and to the fragmentation of connections due to an extreme value of individualism in the Western world, particularly in the United States. Not all scholars and researchers agree that individualism and technology are the primary culprits in the loss of community as it existed in the middle decade of the 20th century. Nonetheless, people exist in groups, and connections are vital to their existence and in the daily performance of activities. The second edition of the Sociology of Community Connections will identify and help students understand community connectedness in the present and future.
- ISBN13 9789400716322
- Publish Date 18 July 2011 (first published 16 November 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Springer
- Edition 2nd ed. 2011
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English