Of Butter Sculptures and Fried Twinkies on Sticks: The Makings of Minnesota’s Healthy Civil Society

• In Event: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Civil Society

Brief Overview

This paper explores the relationship between the Twin Cities’ access to public space in the form of a well-established farmer’s market culture and the healthy state of its civil society as evidenced by its denizens’ expressions of civic mindedness.

Author

• Nawojka Lesinski, St. Catherine University