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03390aam a2200313 i 4500 001 BAE5092AF26111EA8A94DB3240ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20200909010009 008 180201s2018 cau 000 0 eng 010 $a 2018003687 020 $a 1523095563 020 $a 9781523095568 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HM756 $b .B56 2018 082 00 $a 307 $2 23 100 1 $a Block, Peter, $e author. 245 10 $a Community : $b the structure of belonging / $c Peter Block. 250 $a Second Edition, Revised and Updated. 264 1 $a Oakland : $b Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc. a BK Business book, $c 2018. 300 $a xix, 229 pages ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Revised edition of the author's Community, c2008. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The expanded and revised edition of Community tackles the hysteric rise of isolation and fear in a digitally interconnected world. In the second edition of Community, author Peter Block offers practical advice and uplifting stories as a way to reject the increasing pull towards isolation and fear of the stranger in a new world of constant connection. This book explores the benefits of community and belonging to foster social change and reconciliation. As we continue to find new ways of being in constant connection with each other through technology, our workplaces are depopulated and we face growing trends of fundamentalism and nationalism, our fear of the stranger deepens. Block challenges this mindset and proves that community and the structure of belonging has the power to bring about positive social change when supported by the frameworks of compassion, equity and respect for the other. Backed by extensive research, this updated and expanded edition illuminates successful stories of community building as a form of healing. Covering stories about political gridlocks, poverty, people of faith, to institutional life, this revolutionary book offers a compelling argument of why we need community now more than ever"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "In the second edition of Community, author Peter Block offers practical advice and uplifting stories as a way to reject the increasing pull towards isolation and fear of the stranger in a new world of constant connection. This book explores the benefits of community and belonging to foster social change and reconciliation. As we continue to find new ways of being in constant connection with each other through technology, our workplaces are depopulated and we face growing trends of fundamentalism and nationalism, our fear of the stranger deepens. Block challenges this mindset and proves that community and the structure of belonging has the power to bring about positive social change when supported by the frameworks of compassion, equity and respect for the other. Backed by extensive research, this updated and expanded edition illuminates successful stories of community building as a form of healing. Covering stories about political gridlocks, poverty, people of faith, to institutional life, this revolutionary book offers a compelling argument of why we need community now more than ever"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Communities. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201002011845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BAE5092AF26111EA8A94DB3240ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search