A society characterized by communalism is one in which ethnicity, language group, religion or other identification largely circumscribes the entire life of the subculture in question. In such a society people will not only marry, reside, speak, and...

What is socialism? According to a Hungarian joke made during the "gentle revolution" of 1989, it is the "longest and most painful road from capitalism to capitalism" (Garton Ash 1990). Although this biting definition was...

In many parts of the world, communalism is a modern term that describes a broad range of social movements and social theories which are in some way centered upon the community. Communalism can take the form of communal living or communal property, among...

Communication and Community. Gregory J. Shepherd and Eric W. Rothenbuhler, eds. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2001. 289 pp. $59.95 hbk. $32.50 pbk. Though its editors note that current public debates on the state of the American community inspired this volume, its...

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Harlin McEwen says his grandchildren are able to communicate in a more technologically advanced way than are most of the nation's police and firefighters, and that concerns him.A former police chief in New York state with 47 years of law enforcement experience, McEwen is an...

We've all heard the expression "communication is a two-way street." Perhaps nowhere is this more relevant than in the business world. In everything from one-off project proposals to corporate mergers which affect operations and potentially thousands of employees and customers, the only way each side,...