In The Third Way, Anthony Giddens writes, "' Community 'doesn't imply trying to recapture lost forms of local solidarity; it refers to practical means of furthering the social and material refurbishment of neighbourhoods, towns and larger local areas."
同樣在《第三條路》中，紀登斯寫道，「『社區』不僅意味重新找回已經失去的地方團結形式，它還是一種促進街道、城鎮和更大範圍地方區域的社會和物質復興的可行辦法。」