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The general business of a country keeps only the leading citizens occupied. It is only occasionally that they come together in the same places, and since they often lose sight of one another, no lasting bonds form between them. But when the people who live there have to look after the particular affairs of a district, the same people are always meeting, and they are forced, in a manner, to know and adapt themselves to one another.
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Lindahl, F. (1999). Civil Society, the State and Caribbean Political Culture: Trinidad and Guyana. In: Schechter, M.G. (eds) The Revival of Civil Society. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27732-2_7
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