The Voluntary City: Choice, Community and Civil Society*

Abstract

This paper expands Chapter 1 of a recent book of the same title (The University of Michigan Press, 2002). The paper was prepared for "Regulating Place: The Role of Standards in Shaping The Future of Urban America", a Fall 2002 Colloquium at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, City Design and Development, MIT. The authors would like to acknowledge David Yarden's skilled assistance editing this paper