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Vol. 7 No. 1 & 2

Building the Civic Community in Geopolitically Fragmented Communities

Submitted
August 11, 2010
Published
2010-08-11

Abstract

A constant challenge for every community is to engage residents in the civic life of the community. The challenge is particularly acute in rural environments where geopolitical fragmentation (counties divided into multiple governmental units) often provides barriers to meaningful civic engagement and in urban areas where socioeconomic fragmentation and social anonymity isolate residents from meaningful civic interaction. The program “What Makes This Community Tick?” offers extension educators a good model to draw citizens into the civic life of their communities.