Community and the Habits of Democratic Citizenship: An Investigation into Civic Engagement, Social Capital and Democratic Capacity-Building in U.S. Cohousing Neighborhoods

Widespread concern over recent changes in American civic life has spawned arguments in a range of disciplines about the importance of social capital, citizen civic capacity and deliberative democratic engagement in supporting the development of engaged citizens, as well as supporting a democracy tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poley, Lisa D.
Other Authors: Architecture and Urban Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29434
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11022007-145010/