Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Name: Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival of American Community
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ISBN: 9780743203043

ISBN-10: 0743203046

ISBN-13: 9780743203043

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert D. Putnam

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Once 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,whichThe Economisthailed 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…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 8/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Introduction



Thinking about Social Change in America



Trends in Civic Engagement and Social Capital



Political Participation



Civic Participation



Religious Participation



Connections in the Workplace



Informal Social Connections



Altruism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy



Reciprocity, Honesty, and Trust



Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net



Why?



Introduction



Pressures of Time and Money



Mobility and Sprawl



Technology and Mass Media



From Generation to Generation



What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up



So What? (with the assistance of Kristin A. Goss)



Introduction



Education and Children's Welfare



Safe and Productive Neighborhoods



Economic Prosperity



Health and Happiness



Democracy



The Dark Side of Social Capital



What is to be Done?



Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era



Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists



Measuring Social Change



Sources for Figures and Tables



The Rise and Fall of Civic and Professional Associations


Notes


The Story Behind this Book


Index