Jacobs is an interesting thinker in that she is writing about many of the key issues of the late 20th century, but not as an expert. She writes as a knowledgeable, thinking person who is living and acting in the context of these issues: family and social breakdown, the growing but dysfunctional urban environment more and more of us live in, perversion of public dialogue by self-seeking experts, domination of the social and political sphere by the interests of elites and the wealthy, the erosion of meaningful education.
The other think that makes her interesting is that she is writing within the context of Canada and Toronto, as well as the U.S.
While her style is at times a bit painful, the book is worth reading for its ideas.
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