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At the beginning of interviews Ayala Cnaan recently conducted in Israel, she offered subjects the opportunity to inquire about the background of her research project on intentional communities. One woman at a kibbutz wondered why her community was selected. After a brief explanation, the woman exclaimed, “What makes you think we’re ‘intentional’?”
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Cnaan, A., Breyman, S. (2008). Alternative or Intentional? Towards a Definition of “Unusual” Communities. In: Cnaan, R.A., Milofsky, C. (eds) Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8_16
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