Eric Klinenberg is professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. His books include Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone and Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media, and he has contributed to the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine, and This American Life.
Klinenberg draws the lines of culpability in dozens of directions, drawing a dense and subtle portrait of exactly what happened. (Malcolm Gladwell) Revelatory. (Chicago) Should be required reading for all public officials. (Choice)