Robert david putnam was born on january 9, 1941, in rochester, new york, and grew up in port clinton, ohio, where he participated in a competitive bowling league as a teenager. In his 2000 book, bowling alone, american sociologist 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. Drawing on vast new data that reveal americans changing behavior, putnam shows how we have become. Putnam is the peter and isabel malkin professor of public policy at harvard.
But then this selfdescribed obscure academic hit a nerve with a. Putnam summary written by brett reeder, conflict research consortium citation. American political scientist robert putnam wasnt the first person to recognize that social capital the relationships between people that allow communities to function well is the grease that oils the wheels of society. Robert putnam has been described as the most influential academic in the world today. Details are a bit dated, but the concepts are valid and worth thinking about and even doing something about. Its only minimally about bowling which i knew when i chose it, but as someone whos just getting into bowling. Bowling alone at the supreme court pacific standard. Drawing on vast new data that reveal americans changing behavior, putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected. Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the internetthe 20th anniversary edition of bowling alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened. An outstanding student, he won a fulbright fellowship to study at. Bowling alone documents the decline in the usa of different expressions of social.
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