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title: PAPER | Five Keys to Broad and Inclusive Community Engagement
description: Building strong communities is not easy. In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam documents the decline of community life in North America.
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# [PAPER | Five Keys to Broad and Inclusive Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/five-keys-to-broad-and-inclusive-community-engagement)

 Written by [Jim Diers](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/jim-diers) | March 1, 2019

Building strong communities is not easy. In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam documents the decline of community life in North America. He blames poverty, suburbanization, television, and more time spent at work. Others have added fear, mobility, globalization and increased professionalization and specialization to the list of culprits.

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