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User Review - Michael_Godfrey - LibraryThingIn-speaking gobbledygook written in breathy prose, reimpregnating normally comprehensible words with new meaning, this tome comes dangerously close to proving George Orwell right. I should have taken the author's advice on page 32, and read no further. Read full review
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User Review - zappa - LibraryThingIn-speaking gobbledygook written in breathy prose, reimpregnating normally comprehensible words with new meaning, this tome comes dangerously close to proving George Orwell right. I should have taken the author's advice on page 32, and read no further. Read full review
Contents
The Fragmented Community and Its Transformation ix PART ONE The Fabric of Community | 1 |
Insights into Transformation | 3 |
Shifting the Context for Community | 33 |
The Stuck Community | 46 |
The Restorative Community | 63 |
Taking Back Our Projections | 76 |
What It Means to Be a Citizen | 88 |
The Transforming Community | 104 |
Invitation | 165 |
The Possibility Ownership Dissent Commitment and Gifts Conversations | 181 |
Bringing Hospitality into the World | 218 |
Designing Physical Space That Supports Community 225 CHAPTER 15 The End of Unnecessary Suffering | 246 |
Book at a Glance | 269 |
Role Models and Resources | 283 |
Acknowledgments | 341 |
About the Author | 345 |
The Alchemy of Belonging | 119 |
Leadership Is Convening | 121 |
The Small Group Is the Unit of Transformation 134 CHAPTER 10 Questions Are More Transforming Than Answers | 145 |
Midterm Review | 162 |
About the Design | 347 |
About BerrettKoehler Publishers | 349 |
Be Connected | 351 |
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Community: The Structure of Belonging: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition Peter Block Limited preview - 2009 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Community (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) BusinessPro collection |
| Author | Peter Block |
| Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1442964812, 9781442964815 |
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