Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityOnce we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone, which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement." Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures -- whether they be PTA, church, or political parties -- have disintegrated. Until the publication of this groundbreaking work, no one had so deftly diagnosed the harm that these broken bonds have wreaked on our physical and civic health, nor had anyone exalted their fundamental power in creating a society that is happy, healthy, and safe. Like defining works from the past, such as The Lonely Crowd and The Affluent Society, and like the works of C. Wright Mills and Betty Friedan, Putnam's Bowling Alone has identified a central crisis at the heart of our society and suggests what we can do. |
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... Political participation is a mixed picture.13 Since the year 2000, voting ... social connections remains hotly contested.15 A great debate between Miller ... social isolation had not increased during that period, but McPherson et al ...
... Political participation is a mixed picture.13 Since the year 2000, voting ... social connections remains hotly contested.15 A great debate between Miller ... social isolation had not increased during that period, but McPherson et al ...
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... social capital during the first two-thirds of the century and precipitous fall during the last third turns out to be mirrored in both shape and timing by trends in income equality, political comity, and even cultural communitarianism ...
... social capital during the first two-thirds of the century and precipitous fall during the last third turns out to be mirrored in both shape and timing by trends in income equality, political comity, and even cultural communitarianism ...
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... political and ideological resurrection after losing his first campaign for the Florida governor's post in 1994 to ... social capital.31 Bowling Alone was translated into nine languages, and political leaders on five continents sought ...
... political and ideological resurrection after losing his first campaign for the Florida governor's post in 1994 to ... social capital.31 Bowling Alone was translated into nine languages, and political leaders on five continents sought ...
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... political scientist Robert E. Lane wrote in 1959 that “the ratio of ... social class or sexual orientation. Segregation, by race legally and by ... Social reformers had their work cut out for them. However, engagement in community affairs ...
... political scientist Robert E. Lane wrote in 1959 that “the ratio of ... social class or sexual orientation. Segregation, by race legally and by ... Social reformers had their work cut out for them. However, engagement in community affairs ...
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... social bonds, political dealignment, and many more. Beneath the ups and downs of individual elections, however, virtually all the long- run decline in turnout is due to the gradual replacement of voters who came of age before or during ...
... social bonds, political dealignment, and many more. Beneath the ups and downs of individual elections, however, virtually all the long- run decline in turnout is due to the gradual replacement of voters who came of age before or during ...
Contents
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Connections in the Workplace | 80 |
Informal Social Connections | 93 |
Altruism Volunteering and Philanthropy | 116 |
Education and Childrens Welfare | 296 |
Safe and Productive Neighborhoods | 307 |
Economic Prosperity | 319 |
Health and Happiness | 326 |
Democracy | 336 |
The Dark Side of Social Capital | 350 |
What Is to Be Done? | 365 |
Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists | 402 |
Reciprocity Honesty and Trust | 134 |
Against the Tide? Small Groups Social Movements and the Net | 148 |
Why? | 183 |
Mobility and Sprawl | 204 |
Technology and Mass Media | 216 |
From Generation to Generation | 247 |
What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up | 277 |
So What? with the assistance of Kristin A Goss | 285 |
Has the Internet Reversed the Decline | 415 |
Measuring Social Change | 447 |
Sources for Figures and Tables | 457 |
The Rise and Fall of Civic and | 469 |
notes | 477 |
the story behind this book | 545 |
index | 555 |
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