eseospace_admin, Author at Dr. Seth Kaplan

24 Oct

American Neighborhoods Are in Trouble

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

An expert on fragile states around the world turns his gaze toward his own home in a new book, and finds that the US is most vulnerable...

23 Oct

Article

The Cure to Our Social Breakdown

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

For many American Christians, religious networks operate more as “functional assists” for a particular need or given phase of life.

20 Oct

Article

A better way to address the US epidemics of loneliness and despair

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

Awareness of the risks stemming from our fraying social relationships is growing.

19 Oct

Article

5 Questions on ‘Fragile Neighborhoods’

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

At the heart of the book is the idea that rather than top-down or bottom-up, what is called for is a sideways approach—“approaching soc...

01 Oct

Article

Saving Trees, Losing Forests

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

We can think of a particular place as a forest. Young people are the trees — successive generations that will either grow tall and stro...

15 Sep

Article

Securing Trust in People and Place

October 25, 2023
By eseospace_admin

Nonprofits seeking to improve communities face the hard work of building trust. Success requires prioritizing the people you work with ...

23 Feb

Article

Detroit won’t thrive without strong neighborhoods

May 17, 2023
By eseospace_admin
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American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to rising inequality, mistrust and depression. While the t...

17 Jan

Article

Building Strong Neighborhoods: How Local Initiatives Contribute to Public Safety, Health, and Prosperity

May 17, 2023
By eseospace_admin
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American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to many social ills, such as steadily rising inequality, u...

13 Jan

Events

Is Neighborhood Fragmentation Polarizing America? An Interview with Johns Hopkins’ Seth D. Kaplan

May 17, 2023
By eseospace_admin
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Individuals rooted in strong communities might be less susceptible to the allure of populist figures

17 Dec

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Social Innovation and Social Renewal

May 17, 2023
By eseospace_admin
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Americans are living through a social crisis that our politics has proven unable to take on. To properly address the great disruption w...

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