Civic Engagement in America
Thomas Sander
The Ash Institute has funded the Saguaro Seminar for a project on how social cohesion and democratic government can be enhanced in a context of growing ethnic diversity. The project is examining this question through large-scale quantitative analysis of U.S. data, through community field studies, through examination of international data, and through potential success stories where ethnic diversity was associated with unusually high levels of civic engagement and social capital.