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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Review:"Bowling Alone provides important new data on the trends in civic engagement and social capital, a revised analysis if the causes of the decline, an expoloration of its consequences, and ideas about what might be done. The book will not settle the debate, but it is a formidable acheivement. It will henceforth be impossible to discuss these issues knowledgeably without reading Putnam's book and thinking about it." Paul Starr, The New Republic Synopsis:In a groundbreaking bestseller based on vast new data, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and our democratic structures--and tells how we may reconnect.
Synopsis: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, which The Economist hailed as “a prodigious achievement.” Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-504) and index. About the AuthorRobert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and founder of the Saguaro Seminar, a program dedicated to fostering civic engagement in America. He is the author or coauthor of ten previous books and is former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Table of ContentsContents SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Thinking about Social Change in America
SECTION II: TRENDS IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
CHAPTER 2: Political Participation CHAPTER 3: Civic Participation CHAPTER 4: Religious Participation CHAPTER 5: Connections in the Workplace CHAPTER 6: Informal Social Connections CHAPTER 7: Altruism, Volunteering, and Philanthropy CHAPTER 8: Reciprocity, Honesty, and Trust CHAPTER 9: Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net
SECTION III: WHY?
CHAPTER 10: Introduction CHAPTER 11: Pressures of Time and Money CHAPTER 12: Mobility and Sprawl CHAPTER 13: Technology and Mass Media CHAPTER 14: From Generation to Generation CHAPTER 15: What Killed Civic Engagement? Summing Up
SECTION IV: SO WHAT? (with the assistance of Kristin A. Goss)
CHAPTER 16: Introduction CHAPTER 17: Education and Children's Welfare CHAPTER 18: Safe and Productive Neighborhoods CHAPTER 19: Economic Prosperity CHAPTER 20: Health and Happiness CHAPTER 21: Democracy CHAPTER 22: The Dark Side of Social Capital
SECTION V: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
CHAPTER 23: Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era CHAPTER 24: Toward an Agenda for Social Capitalists
APPENDIX I: Measuring Social Change APPENDIX II: Sources for Figures and Tables APPENDIX III: The Rise and Fall of Civic and Professional Associations
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