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Friedland's research focuses on the changing structure of civil society and the U.S. public sphere. Overarching themes include community and social integration, civil contention, and changing structures of the public sphere and public opinion. Friedland serves as a co-Director of the Center for Communication and Civic Renewal and consults with a range of civic, community, and media organizations on civic communication.
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A Middle Ground? The Residential Mobility and Attainment of Mixed-Race Couples, University of Washington 2014.
Suggests that mixed-race households remain largely subject to the same types of dynamics that maintain sharp racial residential boundaries between blacks and whites in U.S. society.