Untitled Page 1 Page 2 More Praise for THE LEFT BEHIND “Wuthnow cogently confronts the
question: Why are so many of the people living in small- town Amer i ca filled with rage? Instead …

In this paper we draw on the findings of a critical, multi-sited ethnographic study of two rural
communities affected by a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada to examine the salience of …

First edition published 1980 Second edition published 1996 Third edition published 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gitterman, Alex, 1938-author …

This study examines the hypothesis that social capital can be a foundation for community
disaster resilience with an analysis of empirical findings from the August 2018 earthquake …

In this qualitative study exploring the content of social interactions between library staff and
patrons, interviews were held with 15 library staff members in three neighborhood branch …

This research project explores the concept of 'agency'in the context of sustainable
community development and the involvement of citizens in achieving social change and …

Tourism has become a major agent of transformation in every society and destination it has
touched, and this change involves a price. Many communities, particularly in developing …

Community level action towards sustainable development has emerged as a key scale of
intervention in the effort to address our many serious environmental issues. This is hindered …

Purpose Using a Shanghainese context, the purpose of this paper is to understand the
effects of the public library in its community, as well as its ability to create social capital …

Community-based nongovernmental organizations have emerged as leaders in local
economic development, with a growing capacity for undertaking community sustainability …