Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / Putnam, Robert D.
Putnam, Robert D., author.
2001
HN65 .P886
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Title Bowling alone : the collapse and revival of American community / Putnam, Robert D.
Author Putnam, Robert D., author.
Edition Revised and updated
ISBN 0743219031
9780743219037 (electronic bk.)
Published New York : Simon & Schuster, [2001]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number HN65 .P886
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.0973
Summary "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, 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."-- Provided by publisher.
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Thinking about social change in America
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
Pressures of time and money
Mobility and sprawl
Technology and mass media
From generation to generation
What killed civic engagement? : summing up
Education and children's welfare
Safe and productive neighborhoods
Economic prosperity
Health and happiness
Democracy
The dark side of social capital
Lessons of history : the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era
Toward an agenda for social capitalists.

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