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The Language of Community in Canada

Hannah Evans and Eric Advokaat
July 2001



Table of Contents


Executive Summary

I. Introduction

A. The Language of Community
B. Community: A Fuzzy Concept

II. Place/People

A. Place and Liberation from Place
B. Governance through Local and Virtual Community
C. Summary

III. Bottom Up/Top Down

A. Voluntary and Passive Membership
B. Interaction with State and Society
C. Summary

IV. Inclusion/Exclusion

A. Inclusion
B. Exclusion
C. Fragmentation and Competing Claims
D. Summary

V. Representation/Participation

A. Leadership and Individual Initiative
B. Representing or Capturing Community Interest
C. Public Life and Vitality
D. Social Capital
E. Summary

VI. Concluding Remarks

Appendix A: Bibliography

Appendix B: Survey Participants

Appendix C: Survey Instrument

Appendix D: Biographies or Researchers


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