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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Page 25
... surveys in 1999 two- thirds of Americans said that America's civic life had weakened in recent years, that social and moral values were higher when they were growing up, and that our society was focused more on the individual than the ...
... surveys in 1999 two- thirds of Americans said that America's civic life had weakened in recent years, that social and moral values were higher when they were growing up, and that our society was focused more on the individual than the ...
Page 36
... surveys found that political interest steadily slumped by one- fifth between 1975 and 1999.13 Scandals and war can still rouse our attention, but generally speaking, fewer Americans follow public affairs now than did a quarter century ...
... surveys found that political interest steadily slumped by one- fifth between 1975 and 1999.13 Scandals and war can still rouse our attention, but generally speaking, fewer Americans follow public affairs now than did a quarter century ...
Page 43
... surveys also shed light on trends in various forms of public expression—signing petitions, writing Congress, writing an article or a letter to the editor, and making a speech. Once again, each of these types of activity has become less ...
... surveys also shed light on trends in various forms of public expression—signing petitions, writing Congress, writing an article or a letter to the editor, and making a speech. Once again, each of these types of activity has become less ...
Page 52
... surveys over this same period show that the rate of membership in veterans' organizations among American men and women fell by roughly 10 percent. This slump is not surprising, since the number of living veterans fell by 9 percent ...
... surveys over this same period show that the rate of membership in veterans' organizations among American men and women fell by roughly 10 percent. This slump is not surprising, since the number of living veterans fell by 9 percent ...
Page 58
... surveys, which can encompass organizational affiliations of all sorts and can distinguish formal membership from actual involvement. Several reviews of national surveys conducted between the early 1950s and the early 1970s found ...
... surveys, which can encompass organizational affiliations of all sorts and can distinguish formal membership from actual involvement. Several reviews of national surveys conducted between the early 1950s and the early 1970s found ...
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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