ABSTRACT
This chapter examines mediating groups, coalitions, and community-based organizations can serve an important role in addressing this paradox. In short, on-line interaction with distant others is one way to resolve dilemmas of place. At the same time, it may promote the formation of diverse social networks that help cultivate cross-group tolerance, acceptance, and trust. If this occurs, it helps promote 'justice beyond just us'. Justice within a shared political community requires that citizens have access to the same bundle of rights and liberties, goods and resources, benefits and opportunities, and are treated as morally, socially, and politically 'one of us'. The chapter illustrates, geographically-defined communities, in-groups, and enclaves often reflect and reinforce inequalities, 'us versus them' conflict, and 'justice for just us'. Too often, Americans choose or are forced to live in homogeneous, isolated, unequal, and disconnected enclaves and neighbourhoods that reinforce group-based politics and NIMBYism.
