Robert D Putnam
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"Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation’s religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. American Grace is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the role that religion plays in contemporary American society. Although there is growing polarization between religious conservatives and secular liberals...
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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, which The Economist hailed as 'a prodigious achievement.' Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans₂ changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures, whether they be PTA, church,...
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"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"--
This is the worst of times... but we've been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was highly...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c1993
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English
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"Winner of the 1994 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize" "Winner of the 1994 Gregory Luebbert Award" "Winner of the 1993 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration" "Honorable Mention for the 1993 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers" Robert D. Putnam is Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Center for International Affairs...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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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, 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...
Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured America.
Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer....
Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer....
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Macat International Limited
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam argues that Americans have become disconnected from one another and from the institutions of their common life, and investigates the consequences of this change. Looking at a range of indicators, from membership in formal organizations to the number of invitations being extended to informal dinner parties, Putnam demonstrates that Americans are interacting less and creating less "social capital"—with
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Lan shu xi. Zhi shi gong tong ti volume 18
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Wei cheng chu ban
Pub. Date
2016.
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中文