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Thoughts on Community with Peter
 We recently sat down with Peter to discuss
his newest book, Community: The Structure of Belonging. In
the interview, Peter speaks about how to have a significant impact on
your community and answers your questions regarding his latest
work.
DL: What first motivated you to write Community:
The Structure of Belonging?
Peter: If you look at the cause of so many of
the challenges facing our society, most center on the loss of a sense of
community and the common good. The essence of the book is about the
nature of transformation and the fact that problems are the symptoms of
the breakdown of community. Writing the book is driven by my desire to
complete a set of ideas so I can have a new thought. I also wanted to
write a book which would make the ideas I have as accessible to people
as possible.
DL: How does Community: The Structure of Belonging
differ from your other books?
Peter: The importance that I give to community
- I have not written about that before. The other books have been about
institutional life. I wanted to expand the ideas that have mostly
applied to organizations talk about the public sector and civic life and
neighborhood life, so these ideas would be available there. There are
parts of the book that are tied to other things I’ve written, but what’s
new is that it condenses it, simplifies it and puts it all in one place.
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